Dana Stephens
Intermediate Dance/Dance Project
Choregrapher
Training: Formal training in high school or take after school programs to prepare for college
Average Salary: Depends on number of factors/larger productions
Characteristics: Extension dance training, creativity, and imagination to transform into performance dances
Job: You have to have a diploma, strong leadership and teamwork
Skills: Physical fit, flexibility, strict diet, and rigorous routine
Dance Therapist
Training: Help improve body image, relationship skills, and self expression
Average Salary: $40,000-$50,000 a year
Characteristics: Courage, Body awareness, Mindfulness, Improvisational kills, Know you won't always be the same, Get out of your own way, Flexibility, and Kindness
Skills: Have compassion, patience, and empathy to relate too others
Professional Dancer
Training: Must work hard, Prove to yourself you can do better, Have to always work hard
Average Salary: $30,395 a year
Characteristics: Communication, Physical Stamina, Fitness, and Perseverance
Skills: Good technique, Artistry, Facility, and Entrepreneurial spirit