Répétiteur to dancer
A répétiteur already meets 33% of what the dancer role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
75.3/ 100
1 How much of what a dancer is expected to do is already part of a répétiteur’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 11 of its required skills as things a répétiteur already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse own performance
- identify requirements of the work in the artistic performance
- intellectual property law
- labour legislation
- maintain safe working conditions in performing arts
- manage artistic career
What stands in the way is 21 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 17 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 a répétiteur background worth leading with.
- already held identify requirements of the work in the artistic performance communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held work with broad variety of personalities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held self-promote communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create choreographic material communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop codified movements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain safe working conditions in performing arts information skills
All 17 carried skills, including the 11 the dancer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 4 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 work with a dance team required
- still to learn describe artistic experience required
- still to learn develop the physical language required
- still to learn follow time cues 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 emotional dimension of a performance required
- still to learn understand the physical language of a live performance 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
- optional, not held demonstrate specialisation in a dance tradition optional
- optional, not held develop proposed choreographic language 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 teach dance 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
- optional, not held analyse your fight discipline expertise optional
- optional, not held be a role model in community arts optional
- optional, not held develop methods for choreographic integration optional
- optional, not held direct community arts activities optional
- optional, not held inspire enthusiasm for dance optional
- optional, not held match needs of target community with your skills optional
- still to learn acting techniques required
- optional, not held musical genres optional
- still to learn work with respect for own safety required
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 work with a dance team 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 17 skills that carry over
- already held analyse own performance skill
- already held identify requirements of the work in the artistic performance skill
- already held intellectual property law knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held maintain safe working conditions in performing arts skill
- already held manage artistic career skill
- already held manage feedback skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held self-promote skill
- already held work with an artistic team skill
- already held work with broad variety of personalities skill
- already held analyse music score skill
- already held create choreographic material skill
- already held develop codified movements skill
- already held manage artistic project skill
- already held show intercultural awareness skill
- already held work in an international environment skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse your fight discipline expertise optional
- optional, not held be a role model in community arts optional
- optional, not held demonstrate specialisation in a dance tradition optional
- optional, not held develop methods for choreographic integration optional
- optional, not held develop proposed choreographic language optional
- optional, not held direct community arts activities optional
- optional, not held inspire enthusiasm for dance optional
- optional, not held match needs of target community with your skills 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 teach dance 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
24 held skills the dancer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse a script skill
- not needed by the target role create a work environment where performers can develop their potential skill
- not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
- not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
- not needed by the target role guide performers' training sessions skill
- not needed by the target role identify performers' needs skill
- not needed by the target role manage prompt book skill
- not needed by the target role music literature knowledge
- not needed by the target role musical theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role participate in music studio recordings skill
- not needed by the target role perform music in ensemble skill
- not needed by the target role perform music solo skill
- not needed by the target role perform musical improvisations in therapy skill
- not needed by the target role play musical instruments skill
- not needed by the target role prepare rehearsals skill
- not needed by the target role prompt performers skill
- not needed by the target role read musical score skill
- not needed by the target role record music skill
- not needed by the target role select music for training skill
- not needed by the target role stimulate performers' imagination skill
- not needed by the target role study music skill
- not needed by the target role subject of music coaching knowledge
- not needed by the target role transpose music skill
- not needed by the target role write musical scores skill
2 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
- optional, not held musical genres optional
Common questions about this move
Can a répétiteur become a dancer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A répétiteur already covers 33% of what a dancer is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 11 of which the dancer role treats as required.
What skills does a répétiteur need to become a dancer?
21 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 4 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 répétiteur to dancer?
Its learning distance is 75.3 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.