Artistic coach to dancer
An artistic coach already meets 28% of what the dancer role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.
78.7/ 100
1 How much of what a dancer is expected to do is already part of an artistic coach’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the dancer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A dancer role treats 7 of its required skills as things an artistic coach already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- describe artistic experience
- maintain safe working conditions in performing arts
- manage artistic career
- manage personal professional development
- understand the emotional dimension of a performance
- work with broad variety of personalities
What stands in the way is 25 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dancer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an artistic coach background worth leading with.
- already held work with broad variety of personalities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held match needs of target community with your skills management skills
- already held inspire enthusiasm for dance management skills
- already held teach dance communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse your fight discipline expertise management skills
- already held be a role model in community arts management skills
All 19 carried skills, including the 7 the dancer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn develop an artistic approach to your interpretation required
- still to learn perform fast changeover required
- still to learn self-promote required
- still to learn work with a dance team required
- still to learn develop the physical language required
- still to learn follow time cues required
- still to learn identify requirements of the work in the artistic performance required
- still to learn maintain dance training required
- still to learn perform dances required
- still to learn perform live required
- still to learn study roles from scripts required
- still to learn understand the conceptual dimension of a live performance required
- still to learn understand the physical language of a live performance required
- still to learn work with an artistic team required
- still to learn attend rehearsals required
- still to learn follow directions of the artistic director required
- still to learn interact with an audience required
- still to learn interact with fellow actors required
- still to learn manage feedback required
- optional, not held demonstrate specialisation in a dance tradition optional
- optional, not held perform with motion capture equipment optional
- optional, not held read dance scores optional
- optional, not held sing optional
- optional, not held understand the architecture of a live performance optional
- optional, not held use declaiming techniques optional
- still to learn check the production schedule required
- still to learn evaluate own dance abilities required
- still to learn analyse own performance required
- optional, not held direct community arts activities optional
- still to learn intellectual property law required
- still to learn labour legislation required
- still to learn acting techniques required
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- optional, not held analyse music score optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dancer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop an artistic approach to your interpretation practise this
- 02 perform fast changeover practise this
- 03 self-promote practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held describe artistic experience skill
- already held maintain safe working conditions in performing arts skill
- already held manage artistic career skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held understand the emotional dimension of a performance skill
- already held work with broad variety of personalities skill
- already held work with respect for own safety skill
- already held analyse your fight discipline expertise skill
- already held be a role model in community arts skill
- already held create choreographic material skill
- already held develop codified movements skill
- already held develop methods for choreographic integration skill
- already held develop proposed choreographic language skill
- already held inspire enthusiasm for dance skill
- already held manage artistic project skill
- already held match needs of target community with your skills skill
- already held show intercultural awareness skill
- already held teach dance skill
- already held work in an international environment skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse music score optional
- optional, not held demonstrate specialisation in a dance tradition optional
- optional, not held direct community arts activities optional
- optional, not held perform with motion capture equipment optional
- optional, not held read dance scores optional
- optional, not held sing optional
- optional, not held understand the architecture of a live performance optional
- optional, not held use declaiming techniques optional
- optional, not held musical genres optional
16 held skills the dancer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess data collected to improve community arts programme skill
- not needed by the target role assess your competences for artistic coaching skill
- not needed by the target role clarify how various components work together skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate with coaching team skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the choreographer's process of reflection skill
- not needed by the target role create a work environment where performers can develop their potential skill
- not needed by the target role create new fight sequences skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
- not needed by the target role identify artistic niche skill
- not needed by the target role identify performers' needs skill
- not needed by the target role inspire dance participants to improve skill
- not needed by the target role manage participants' expectations in arts skill
- not needed by the target role provide arts coaching sessions skill
- not needed by the target role stimulate performers' imagination skill
- not needed by the target role study community as a target community skill
- not needed by the target role subject of music coaching knowledge
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn acting techniques required
- still to learn intellectual property law required
- still to learn labour legislation required
- optional, not held musical genres optional
Common questions about this move
Can an artistic coach become a dancer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An artistic coach already covers 28% of what a dancer is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 7 of which the dancer role treats as required.
What skills does an artistic coach need to become a dancer?
25 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is develop an artistic approach to your interpretation.
How hard is the move from artistic coach to dancer?
Its learning distance is 78.7 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.