WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN...
DANCE
Possible Career Options
(some career areas require advanced education)
Actor/Actress
Artistic Director-Dance Company
Choreographer
College Professor
Company Manager
Dance Critic
Dance Director
Dance Historian/Writer
Dance Notation Specialist
Dance Reconstructor
Dance Therapist
Liturgical Dancer
Mime Artist
Model
Performance Artist
Publicity Directory
Recreation Therapist
Sales Representative
Teacher
Professional Associations
American Dance Guild
www.americandanceguild.org
American Guild of Musical Artists
www.musicalartists.org
Cecchetti Council of America
www.cecchetti.org
Dance Educators of America
www.deadance.com
Dance Notation Bureau
www.dancenotation.org
Dance/USA
www.danceusa.org
International Association of Dance Medicine and Science
www.iadms.org
National Dance Association
www.aahperd.org/nda
National Dance Education Organization
www.ndeo.org
Sacred Dance Guild
www.sacreddanceguild.org
Society of State Directors and Choreographers
www.ssdc.org
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
100 East 8th Street | Holland, MI 49423
careers@hope.edu
616.395.7950
WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN...
DANCE
Hope Graduates in the Dance World
Actor...........................................................................................Broadway West Dinner Theatre - Mesa, AZ
Artistic Director........................................................................................................... Alight Dance Theater
Artistic Director................................................................................................. West Michigan Youth Ballet
Assistant Professor of Dance..................................................................................................... Hope College
Assistant Professor/Director of Dance....................................................................... St. Gregory’s University
Associate Professor of Theatre & Fine Arts......................................................................Niagara University
Certified Massage Therapist..........................................................................Body and Soul Movement Arts
Co-Director & Teacher.............................................................................................................The Spotlight
Company Apprentice................................................................................ Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers
Dance Instructor.................................................................................... Universal Dance Association (UDA)
Dance Teacher.................................................................... Dazzle Dynamics, Studio Door Dance Academy
Dance Teacher................................................... Grand Rapids Ellington Academy of Arts and Technology
Dancer.................................................................................................................. Jump Rhythm Jazz Project
Director....................................................................................................... Turning Pointe School of Dance
Director of the Dance Dept..................................................... Fleming-Ruffner Magnet Center for the Arts
Holistic Health Counselor................................................................................................................ Fit 4 Life
Modern Dancer..................................................................................................... Tennessee Dance Theatre
Owner, Designer, Seamstress.................................................................................................. Blue-J Cottage
Owner/Pilates Instructor..................................................................................... Pilates Denver Studio, LLC
Performer................................................................................................................. Six Flags Great America
Performing Arts Teacher.......................................................................................Choice Schools Associates
Personal Trainer/Dancer/Teacher.................................LA Fitness, Trilogy, Class Act Performing Academy
Physiatry Fellow, Sports and Spine Medicine...........................Preferred Orthopedics of the Palm Beaches
Physics and Fine Arts Teacher............................................................................Mesa Preparatory Academy
Professor of Dance & Freelance Choreographer................................................. Indiana Purdue Ft. Wayne
Sacred Dance Performer and Instructor................................................................. Vitorio Dance Company
Supervisor...................................................................................................... Arthur Murray Dance Centers
Teaching Artist/Dancer, Model, Choreographer.................................................... National Dance Institute
Tradeshow Coordinator.............................................................................................. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Visitng Lecturer of Dance.............................................................................................. Muhlenberg College
Yoga Teacher/Office Manager......................................................................Health Advantage Yoga Center
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
100 East 8th Street | Holland, MI 49423
careers@hope.edu
616.395.7950