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How to Become a Professional Dancer

Interested in taking the leap from the studio and competition stage to the professional one?

What does a professional dancer do?

Dancers can find work in a variety of different places, including on a live stage or in movies, TV shows, commercials, or film.

When they aren’t performing, dancers practice, rehearse for auditions, and eat right to stay healthy. It is essential to understand that dancers are athletes, and physical training is a large component of the profession.

One aspect of becoming a professional dancer that many people don’t think about is marketing themselves. It doesn’t matter how talented or highly trained a person is if no one knows about them.

How Discovery Spotlight can help

Discovery Spotlight clients receive help in both the performance and marketing aspects of becoming a dancer.

Every Discovery Spotlight Expo includes workshops run by professionals, like Jeremy Sickles from the Daniel Hoff Agency or Matthew Prescott from the Joffrey Ballet and The Institute for American Musical Theatre NYC.

The showcase portion of our expos gives you a chance to perform in front of vetted talent agents and hear directly from them, so you know what they are looking for. The agents will also contact the performers if they are interested in representing them.

Several dancers who have participated in previous years have walked away with agency representation or full scholarships to summer dance programs in New York. Sign up now via the form on the right to start building your resume, learn audition techniques and insight into the industry, stay up-to-date with casting opportunities, network with talent agents, and more!

Finding and attending dance auditions

While you can look online for dance auditions and attend them yourself, your chances of finding and being selected for quality positions are much higher if you work with an experienced agent. Agencies will most likely want to see a resume of your prior experience and videos of you dancing before they take you on as a client.