Book Description
A professional dancer’s career, like a professional athlete’s, lasts an average of 10 to 15 years. Once the prime years of physical prowess have passed retirement is inevitable, but dancers still have many years of adult life ahead. The challenge for many is making the transition into a new career. Motivated by her own career transition, author Nancy Upper interviewed former ballet dancers who made successful transitions into new careers after they stopped performing. Part 1 of the book features dancers who remained in ballet-related careers. Part 2 features four individuals who chose careers outside the field of dance. Part 3 focuses on dancers who pursued non-dance careers that help dancers and other performing artists. Appendices include the marketable qualities dancers develop as a result of their training, career transition tips, transition resources, and a graph mapping the transition process.
About the Author
Arts marketing consultant and journalist Nancy Upper is a former ballet dancer. She now resides in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Ballet Dancers in Career Transition: Sixteen Success Stories FROM THE PUBLISHER
A professional dancer's career, like a professional athlete's, lasts an average of 10 to 15 years. Once the prime years of physical prowess have passed retirement is inevitable, but dancers still have many years of adult life ahead. The challenge for many is making the transition into a new career.
Motivated by her own career transition, author Nancy Upper interviewed former ballet dancers who made successful transitions into new careers after they stopped performing.
Part 1 of the book features dancers who remained in ballet-related careers. Part 2 features four individuals who chose careers outside the field of dance. Part 3 focuses on dancers who pursued non-dance careers that help dancers and other performing artists. Appendices include the marketable qualities dancers develop as a result of their training, career transition tips, transition resources, and a graph mapping the transition process.
About the Author
Arts marketing consultant and journalist Nancy Upper is a former ballet dancer. She now resides in Winchester, Massachusetts.
SYNOPSIS
Upper, an arts marketing consultant and former ballet dancer, interviews former ballet dancers to offer insight on making the transition to a new career after the peak years have passed. The interviews reveal the experiences of dancers who remained in ballet- related careers, dancers who chose careers outside of dance, and dancers who pursued careers working with dancers and other performing artists. Appendices list transition resources and marketable skills dancers develop as a result of their training. B&w performance and publicity photos suffer from poor reproduction quality. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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