I LOVE Ballet! What do I need to do to get a degree in Ballet Dancing?

I love to dance and coreograph espically ballet. I want to persue it as a career, but where I live no one will hire you without a degree. I'm 20 years old and have been dancing on and off for 14 years.

I'm ready to start college, I just don't know what to major in to get the degree I need to pursue ballet as a career.

I LOVE Ballet! What do I need to do to get a degree in Ballet Dancing?symphony

It sounds like you live in an area that is way off the beaten track in terms of dance. The only employers in the dance world who'd insist on you having a degree would be K-12 school systems that would require a bachelors degree, and colleges, that would require a masters degree. Otherwise, the most direct route to a performing (paid) ballet career is years of the best training at a pre-professional ballet school, followed by (if you're amazing and lucky) a trainee or apprentice position with a ballet company, FOLLOWED (if you're outstanding and incredibly lucky) by a contract offer for a paid position. Dancing "on and off" in a town that is off the beaten track puts you at a supreme disadvantage for a 20-year old. 99% of ballet dancers are already settled in their company positions at 20 years old.

Of course you can teach dance, but again, you don't need a college degree for that. Most studios look for certification in their favored dance syllabus, such as RAD or Cecchetti. You get that certification through their own programs (not at colleges).

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