Top 3 Duties of Professional Dance Agents
Posted on 12. Aug, 2009 by chopper in home
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Lets talk about Professional Dance Agents. Every up and coming Professional dancer wants one. Why do you want one? Is it because they can get you the dance job of your dreams. Is it because they can hook you up with the choreographers? Well a lot of dancer get it twisted on what having a dance agent means. Well let me clarify what having a dance agent means.
Here are the Top 3 Duties Professional dance Agents
Duty #1. Get you into Audition.
One of the most important job of your dance agent is to get your foot in the door. Professional dance agent submit you picture or reel to the company that is looking for a curtain type of dancer that may fit your profile. Then the company will call the agent back to confirm that they want to see you in the Audition. It is up to the agent to know what company is having a audition, when and where is the audition and what type of dancer they are looking for. then submit your picture or reel for that job and inform you that you have a audition.
Duty #2 Negotiate your pay rate and contract.
After you book the professional dance job music, video, tour, commercial. Your Agent then goes into negotiating your pay rate for the job that you will be hired to do. They make sure that all the dancer are receiving the same pay rate Sometimes the company might try to pull a fast one and pay one dancer or dancers more than the others. So the Professional dance agent make sure that doesn’t happen. the also make sure you get payed on time.
Duty #3 Ensure your Safety.
On certain jobs you will be asked or required to do task that may lead to bodly injury like dance on platforms, dance on wet floors. They agent make sure you are compensated for putting yourself in a potential dangerous situation, or you may have to go out of the country. The agent will make sure the environment that you will be traveling to will be a safe and heavily secured. you may have to go to third world country depending on the artist you will be dancing for. like Janet Jackson, Micheal Jackson Britney spears. etc… you will be dancing for. In those countries body guards are a must.
Well that’s it. Hopefully I have giving you some clarity on what are the Duties of a professional dance agent. Please remember this important fact. The professional dance agent can not get you the job. That is totally Up to you!! they only get you In the Door you have to do everything you can to seal the deal. So dance yo ass off.
P.s Please leave me a comment if you feel that this information has been helpful to you. Once again this is yo boy chopper the Owner Of Ography Dance Studio and remember There’s Only ONE.
