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Top 4 Tips To Finding A Job For Professional Backup Dancers Life.

Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by chopper in home

What’s crackin         

I want to give you some tips that will help you survive on your way to becoming a back up dancer.  Back up dancer success doesn’t or may not happen over night.  You have to get a job to support yourself in the mean time.  

When I Booked my first music Video I thought that was it.  I’d made it. No more regular job.  Well I was wrong after that job was over I had to find a job right away cause as a professional dancer it takes up to 30 days to get paid.  Just because you booked one job doesn’t mean your going to book the next.  Having a Job in between gigs is important.  So here are 4 tips to help you find the job that is right for a professional back up dancers life style.

Tip #1  Find jobs with perks

Retail jobs are always a great job to have.  professional dancers have many audition where you will have to dress the part.  It is good to have a well assorted wardrobe.  Most retail stores also give you a fat discount on the clothes that you buy.  So check out retail.  If you can find work at a dance wear store that would even be better.  Most of the time the owner will understand the the life style of a professional dance and will work around your schedule

Another great place to work at  is a Gym.  working for a fitness gym is a great job because as a professional dancer you want and have to be in shape.  When you work for a gym they will give you a free membership or a fat discount. 

Another great place to work is at a dance studio.  What better place to work as a professional dance.  Thats where it all begin is in dance class where you train and perfect you craft.  Working at a dance studio as a work study you’ll get to take class for free. 

Tip #2  find out the needs of other dancers and learn that skill.  

• Web design.  we are in the technology area and dancers all need a web site or blog where they can post there dance video or digital resumes.  Learn myspace face-book and other social network site. 

• Learn how to make music or mix mudsic.  professional dancer are alway putting on shows and they need someone edit music for the performance.         

  learn how to take picture professional dancers alway need pictures.  Pictures are a must have in this business.  This is a great skill to pick up cause styles and times change and a dancers picture has to change with them so dancers will always need head-shots.

Tip #4  Find Jobs that fit Your scedule.  

Any Job that are at night is great cause it leaves you day open to audition and classes. 

• Bar tending 

• Waitressing 

• Hostess

That’s it. Hope these tips have help you narrow down what type of side jobs to get to support You.  Leave me a comment and let me know if this information was helpful or not. Once again its yo boy Chopper From ChopperDanceBlog and remember 

There’s Only ONE.

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