Choreographers
Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.
Sample of reported job titles:
Ballet Director, Choreographer, Dance Director, Dance Maker, Musical Choreographer
Occupation-Specific Information
Tasks
- Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in how to use dance steps, and in techniques to achieve desired effects.
- Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements.
- Design dances for individual dancers, dance companies, musical theatre, opera, fashion shows, film, television productions, and special events, and for dancers ranging from beginners to professionals.
- Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance.
- Advise dancers on how to stand and move properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries.
Technology Skills
- Customer relationship management CRM software:Salesforce software
- Electronic mail software:Email software
- Graphical user interface development software:Salesforce Visualforce
- Graphics or photo imaging software:Chorel Technology Dance Designer,Credo Interactive DanceForms
- Internet browser software:Web browser software
Occupational Requirements
Work Activities
- Thinking Creatively:Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Performing General Physical Activities:Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships:Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates:Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems:Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Detailed Work Activities
- Audition or interview potential performers or staff members.
- Choreograph dances.
- Coordinate artistic activities.
- Determine presentation subjects or content.
- Develop artistic or design concepts for decoration, exhibition, or commercial purposes.
Work Context
- Physical Proximity:100% responded"Very close (near touching)"
- Electronic Mail:81% responded"Every day"
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled:75% responded"Every day"
- Level of Competition:71% responded"Extremely competitive"
- Face-to-Face Discussions:70% responded"Every day"
Worker Requirements
Skills
- Instructing:Teaching others how to do something.
- Active Listening:Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking:Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Coordination:Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Monitoring:Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Knowledge
- Fine Arts:Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Administration and Management:Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Education and Training:Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Communications and Media:Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Education
How much education does a new hire need to perform a job in this occupation? Respondents said:
- 30%Bachelor's Degree
- 25%Some College Courses
- 20%High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
- 10%Master's Degree
Worker Characteristics
Abilities
- Gross Body Coordination:The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
- Oral Comprehension:The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Fluency of Ideas:The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Oral Expression:The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Originality:The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
Interests
- Artistic:Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
- Social:Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
- Enterprising:Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Work Values
- Achievement:Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Independence:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Relationships:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
Work Styles
- Persistence:Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Initiative:Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Achievement/Effort:Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Dependability:Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Innovation:Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
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