Who's a Choreographer?
As a dance instructor, you will teach different dance forms to your students. You will conduct dance classes regularly and ensure that your students are performing the steps correctly. For instance, if you’re teaching ballet to young students, you will begin by helping them master basic moves, choreograph an entire dance sequence, and monitor each student to see if they are following your instructions correctly.
You will select the music for the dance routine and conduct auditions for events. You might also help with a show’s aesthetic components, such as lighting or costume design. As a choreographer, you would also assist a dance company’s administrative staff.
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What will you do?
Where will you work?
How do you get there?
What skills would you need?
Communication Skills
It’s harder than ever to get people’s attention, what with so much information being thrown at them. But, people cannot resist a good story. Every good marketing campaign has a story to tell their customers and relate to them on an emotional level. Marketers who tell great stories through their marketing campaigns are always in great demand.
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Creative Skills
As a marketer, you need to get people hooked on your brand. This requires you to come up with fun, entertaining, and exceptional ways to engage your audience. There is a lot of competition in the market, and the only way to be on top is by constantly doing something new and innovative.
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As a marketer, you will deal with different types of customers. You could be working with a manufacturing company that sells paper to businesses, or a company that sells chips to the masses. Your skill will be measured by how you deal with different consumers.
Time Management
The best - and worst - part about marketing is that there is never a dull moment. But this also means that there is NEVER A DULL MOMENT. Be prepared to be working on several tasks at once. That means that there are times when you will have to put certain projects on the backburner. You will have to know how to prioritise so that you don’t lose out on any opportunities.
How do you make it to the top ranks?
Dance Assistant
Individual or group dance classes are the responsibility of dance assistants. Dance assistants play an important role in the development of various dance methods. They can work in both production firms and educational institutions.
Dance Instructor
A dance instructor teaches students dance techniques and theatrical methods. Ballet, Jazz, and Salsa are the most common dance styles they specialise in. Many of the dances are choreographed by the dancing instructor, but some are choreographed by a professional choreographer.
Studio Manager
Studio managers are in charge of the studio’s day-to-day operations. Their responsibilities range from studio equipment management to business operations and client service.
Pursuing your career locally VS abroad
Dance choreography and music are an important part of Indian culture. And, if you can’t stop yourself from mimicking all of the famous Bollywood dances or making Instagram reels of popular signature steps, you could have a thing for dance and want to pursue it as a profession in dance and choreography. If you wish to study Dance and Choreography, you might want to look into the BPA and MPA degree programmes from popular institutes like the Shiamak Davar Institute for Performing Arts, Mumbai or Institute for Creative Excellence, Chandigarh. You can work in top companies like Choreoindia. Choreographers in India earn around 5-6 lakhs per annum at an early stage and can earn up to 15-30 lakhs per annum as they gain experience.
Choreography is a profession where your finesse is most important in terms of how your career progresses. Getting the right mentoring would expose you to a global platform. There are various programmes that educate choreographers for a variety of performance environments and career responsibilities. There are a number of institutes throughout the world dedicated to guiding students interested in dance for films, theatre, TV, stage and more. The Juilliard School in New York and Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S), Belgium, are among the top institutes offering courses in performing arts. After your education, you can opt to work in agencies such as Pentacle (Dance Works Inc.) in New York and AMCK Dance in London. In the USA, choreographers earn a median salary of around $20 – $30 per hour.
How much would you get paid?
Experience is a deciding factor when it comes to the salary packages of a dance instructor. You can earn anywhere between INR 2 lakhs to INR 5 lakhs as an entry-level choreographer. Once you gain industry experience and earn specialised certifications or accolades, you can earn over INR 10-12 lakhs.
What are your career options?
Dance Instructor
Dance instructors are in charge of instructing individuals or groups of people in dance. Their responsibilities include teaching various forms of choreography.
Dance Teacher
The person in charge of a theatre, ballet, or opera company’s overall selection and interpretation of works to be performed.
Artistic Director
The rehearsal director is in charge of coordinating and managing rehearsals within a group. They’re known as the choreographer’s right-hand man, and it’s typically their job to make sure the dancers understand and can express the choreographer’s vision.
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