Dancers and Dance Teachers
Job description
Dance teachers teach dance techniques and artistic interpretation.
Dancers perform body movements, steps, and figures, alone or with other dancers. They develop the assigned role in a choreographic work and participate in the performance of the work.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Noise
Main tasks
Dancers
- Do regular exercises and repeat dances under the direction of a teacher.
- Perform dances for a performance, film, or television production.
- Learn, rehearse, and perform the assigned role in the work.
- Train and perform exercises to maintain physical fitness and necessary skills.
- Participate, when appropriate, in the process of creating the choreographic work or adapting a work from the repertoire.
- Promote their career (career management).
- Adopt a preventative attitude, for themselves and other interpreters, in terms of health and safety.
Dance teachers
- Develop a course and lesson plan.
- Ensure the safety of dance instruction.
- Prevent injuries through knowledge of the anatomy of movement and body biomechanics.
- Teach dance techniques and artistic interpretation, individually or in groups.
- Teach the techniques, cultural origins, and symbolism of native, ethnic, or folk dances.
- Give lessons in recreational dances (e.g. social dances).
- Assess students as they learn and provide feedback.
- Detect and develop the potential of each student.
- Prepare students for auditions and performances.
Advancement and mobility
- These individuals may specialize in different types of dance (ballet, folk, modern, etc.).
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
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Non available
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Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
2,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 84.2% Female
- 15.8% Male
Not available.
- 84.2% Female
- 15.8% Male
Job types
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Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage
All of Québec
Not available.
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 6173% of jobs
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NAICS 7120% of jobs
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NAICS 914% of jobs
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NAICS 6241% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 6173% of jobs
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NAICS 7120% of jobs
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NAICS 914% of jobs
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NAICS 6241% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in danse-Interprétation (Danse contemporaine) 
Code : 561BB
Placement rate: 53.8%
15.4% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Expressive movement, dance, mime or rhythmics
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Sometimes required
- An audition demonstrating the talent and skills is usually required.
Dance Teachers
- Experience as a dancer is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Coordination
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Oral expression
- Service oriented
- Learning strategies
- Result evaluation
- Time management
- Critical thought
- Social perception
Abilities
- Overall coordination of the body
- Endurance
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Overall balance of the body
- Core strength
- Dynamic strength
- Limb coordination
- Oral comprehension
- Static muscle power
- Dynamic physical flexibility
- Limb movement speed
- Verbal skills
- Memorization
- Speech clarity
- Information organization
- Originality
- Speech recognition
- Hand-arm stability
- Awareness of issues
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Near vision
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Autonomy
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to adapt
- Attention to detail
- Vitality
- Creativity
- Pedagogical knowledge
- Knowledge of the arts
- Capacity to facilitate a group
- Spoken bilingualism (French and English)
Interests
- Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
- Create, design
- Self-employment
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
- Teach or educate
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 5134 (53120)
Dancers
Job titles
- Dancer
- Ballet teacher
- Dancing instructor
- Ballerina
- Classical dancer
- Folkloric dancer
- Tap dancer
- Belly dancer
- Ballet dancer
- Line dancer
- Chorus dancer
- Interpretive dancer
- Baton twirling instructor
- Ballet master
- Dance notator
- Tap dance teacher
- Classical dance instructor
- Line dance teacher
- Ballroom dancing teacher
- Folkloric dance teacher
- Performance movement teacher
Skill type
Art, culture, recreation and sport
Last update: March 27, 2023
