From choreographer to dancer
12 of the 32 essential skills of a dancer are already essential for a choreographer — about 38% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 20
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 32
- essential skills of a dancer
What a dancer does
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.
What carries over
12 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- describe artistic experience
- develop the physical language
- intellectual property law
- labour legislation
- maintain safe working conditions in performing arts
- manage artistic career
- manage personal professional development
- understand the conceptual dimension of a live performance
- understand the emotional dimension of a performance
- understand the physical language of a live performance
- work with broad variety of personalities
- work with respect for own safety
What would be new
20 skillsEssential for a dancer and not for a choreographer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- acting techniques
- analyse own performance
- attend rehearsals
- check the production schedule
- develop an artistic approach to your interpretation
- evaluate own dance abilities
- follow directions of the artistic director
- follow time cues
- identify requirements of the work in the artistic performance
- interact with an audience
- interact with fellow actors
- maintain dance training
- manage feedback
- perform dances
- perform fast changeover
- perform live
- self-promote
- study roles from scripts
- work with a dance team
- work with an artistic team
Other moves from choreographer
2 roles- choreologist18 skills in common
- dance répétiteur17 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a dancer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.