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College Guide

5 Scholarship Opportunities for Dancers

July 28, 2018 by Nichelle (owner/editor) 11 Comments

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Scholarships specifically for dancers can help lighten the financial burden of higher education. Included are five scholarship opportunities for dancers that can be used at most colleges, universities, and dance programs.

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What I Missed in College

July 30, 2013 by Guest Contributors

Contributor, Leila Anglin in performance

For dancers, the “real world” is now. So why, asks Leila Anglin, a college dance program graduate, do most students learn so little about their own creative process and investigate their art before the safety-net of school disappears?

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8 Great Links for Dancers In Training

June 21, 2013 by Nichelle (owner/editor)

8 links for dancers

We love sharing great articles from around the web. Here are eight great ones for dance students in all stages of their development.

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Non-Performance Dance Careers: More Alternatives

May 16, 2013 by Guest Contributors

Our look at alternative dance careers continues and features a young tutu maker who accepts commissioned ballet costume design and creation, and an emerging dance writer and critic.

Filed Under: Blog, Career in Dance, Featured Tagged With: alternative careers, atypical dance careers, College Guide, costuming for dancers, dance costumer, dance criticism, dance writer, fashion design, non-performance careers, reviewing dance, tutu design, tutu maker, working in dance

What Makes a Dance Career “Alternative”?

April 16, 2013 by Guest Contributors

Alissa, Dance Advantage intern and correspondent, explores the definition of “alternative” careers in dance and speaks with two students combining their passions in pursuit of such a path. The first is Chelsie, a Dance/Movement Therapy student at Columbia College and Claire, a member of The University of Utah’s Screendance Certificate Program.

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Connecting the Dots from Dance Major to Dancemaker

February 21, 2012 by Lauren Warnecke

The path from the insular world of college dance to a real career in dance and dancemaking is rarely a straight line. Lauren illustrates this beautifully with a peek into her own journey, while also providing the soon-to-be or recent graduate with some solid (and remarkably clear-cut) advice.

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