Publisher's Synopsis
Aimed at dance students and professionals who wish to break into a new dance area, this book concentrates on commercial dance and includes information about sources of work: as a show dancer, club dancer, television dancer, touring dancer, singer dancer, travelling dancer and seasonal dancer. It is divided into three sections: preparing to become a dancer; working as a dancer and the business of being a dancer. It offers advise on where to train, how to get an agent and show to approach auditions. It also offers a guide to compiling a business plan, as well as profiles and images of successful working dancers and choreographers. These incluide Priscilla Samuels, a choreographer for the Spice Girls, Dee Dee Wilde from Pan's People and Kevan Allen who specialises in choreography for the corporate entertainment industry.
