Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

Where a dancer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a dancer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Dancers interpret ideas, feelings, stories or characters for audiences by using movement and body language mostly accompanied by music. This normally involves interpreting the work of a choreographer or a traditional repertory, although it may sometimes require improvisation.

Also known as dance performer, commercial dancer, belly dancer, modern & ballet dancer, dancer and singer, contemporary dancer, soloist dancer, group dancer, ballet dancer, dancer & singer, modern dancer, solo dancer.

Professionals 53 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: stand-up comedian, 60%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
stand-up comedian 60% covered choreologist 59% covered choreographer 56% covered puppeteer 53% covered artistic coach 52% covered dancer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from dancer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a dancer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A dancer needs 32 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • develop an artistic approach to your interpretation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evaluate own dance abilities management skills
  • perform fast changeover communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with a dance team communication, collaboration and creativity
  • identify requirements of the work in the artistic performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain dance training communication, collaboration and creativity
  • understand the physical language of a live performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • check the production schedule management skills
  • understand the conceptual dimension of a live performance communication, collaboration and creativity
  • work with broad variety of personalities communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a dancer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Dancer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a dancer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.