Careers

• Artistic Director for Professional Dance Company
• Dance Company Rehearsal Director
• Choreographer
• Performer

• Professor of Dance (Requires a Master’s degree or PhD in Dance)
• Dance Educator
• Dance Outreach Coordinator

• Founder and/or Director of Non-Profit Arts Organization
• Dance Studio Owner
• Dance Education Coordinator/Dance School Director
• Dance Company Business Manager
• Grant Writer/Fundraiser/Finance for Arts Organization
• Booking/Tour Manager
• Public Relations Coordinator/Marketing Manager
• Web Design/Social Media Management for an Arts Company Development Director
• Talent Coordinator/Artist Manager
• Dance Workshop/Festival Director
• Special Events Planner for a Dance Company or Arts Organization
• Box Office Manager
• Law (related to Arts, Intellectual Property or Entertainment)
• Arts Councils/Cultural Organizations

• Dance Writer/Critic/Editor
• Dance Notator (Requires training in Labonatation or Benesh Movement Notation)
• Dance Photographer
• Dance Videographer
• Dance Historian and/or Author
• Dance Archivist

• Production Manager
• Stage Manager
• Front of House Manager
• Stagehand
• Lighting Designer
• Technical Director
• Costume Designer
• Dance Technologist (Cinematography, Video & Sound Editing, Projection Design, etc.)

• Dance Therapist (Requires graduate study)
• Massage Therapist (Requires additional training and licensing)
• Personal Trainer (Requires additional training and certification)
• Group Fitness Instructor (Requires additional training and certification)
• Yoga/Pilates/Gyrotonics Instructor (Requires additional training and certification)
• Somatic Practitioner – Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, Skinner Releasing Technique, Klein Technique, Laban Movement Analysis, Barteneiff Fundamentals, etc. (All require additional training and certification)

Common Graduate School Options for Dance Majors

• MFA (Choreography, Performance)
• MA or PhD (Dance Therapy, Dance History, Dance Education, dance Scholarship)
• Some students choose professional programs such as law or business, often with relationships to the arts, among others