Having a dance career can be about more than performing, choreographing, or teaching.  There are many ways to incorporate your other interests into your dance career.  Have an interest in writing?  Check out what it takes to become a dance writer.

Every dance career is different.  What isn't different is how much hard work and dedication goes into making your dance dreams come true.  These books are guaranteed to keep you inspired as you continue the road ahead.

I've been scouring the internet looking for content to curate for #WorkingDancers.  I've been masquerading around online as an aspiring dancer in search of information to teach me the ins and outs of becoming a professional commercial dancer.

And do you know what I found?  I'm sure you can tell by my tone that it wasn't good.  

Industry choreographer Chuck Maldonado gives some great career advice.  5 tips to help you level up your dance career.

When people think of dance careers, they commonly think of a ballet company member, studio owner/teacher, or performer/choreographer.  While those are all great career options, they're only a small piece of the dance pie.  

Every blog post I've posted thus far has been geared towards giving you insight you can apply to your dance career pursuit, but this one's a little different. This one's for me. It's my way of counting my blessings. I'm acknowledging where I've been in my dancer career journey and how I've gotten where I am today.

Since auditioning is such a huge part of a professional dancer's career, the info in this post is priceless. Not only am I giving you a whole slew of valuable audition tips, but I'm going to tell you about my worst audition ever! It's important to me that you know that there is life after a failure. If I can recover from my epic crash and burn and go on to have a fulfilling dance career, then you can too.

Okay. So here's the story.

Networking is vital in developing your professional dance career, and I've laid it all out in my upcoming book, The Freelance in Dance Road Map. The book outlines four key steps to getting work as well as a plethora of additional tips to help you along the way. Here's a sneak preview of the section on networking.

"What has been your biggest obstacle as a working dancer?" My response may throw you for a loop. See  for yourself. 

When it comes to building your dance career, the impressions you make are even more important. Developing relationships and leaving positive lasting impressions are essential to getting and sustaining work as a freelance dancer.

When I started making money solely from my work as a professional dancer, tax time got so much more complicated. Get all your ducks in a row well before next year's tax season. Here are a few tips to help you do that.

My dance career pursuit was in the pits.  Part of my trip to "Bitter-Town" and "Resentful-Ville" was funded by my winnings from the Dare-to-Compare game I'm always playing. And it goes a little something like this...