High Kicks: The Essential Guide to Working As a Dancer

by Donna Ross

Aimed at dance students and professionals who wish to break into a new dance area, this book concentrates on commercial dance and includes information about sources of as a show dancer, club dancer, television dancer, touring dancer, singer dancer, travelling dancer and seasonal dancer. It is divided into three preparing to become a dancer; working as a dancer and the business of being a dancer. It offers advise on where to train, how to get an agent and show to approach auditions. It also offers a guide to compiling a business plan, as well as profiles and images of successful working dancers and choreographers. These incluide Priscilla Samuels, a choreographer for the Spice Girls, Dee Dee Wilde from Pan's People and Kevan Allen who specialises in choreography for the corporate entertainment industry.

176 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999