How to become a Dancer or Choreographer
Official title: Dancer/Choreographer
Also called: Ballet arranger, Ballet dancer, Ballroom dancer, Choreographer, Chorus dancer, Dancer, Ballet dancer, Ballroom dancer, Chorus dancer
Dancer/Choreographer conceives and creates or performs dances.
Main tasks
- Conceiving and creating dances, which often convey a story, theme, idea or mood, by a pattern of steps, movements and gestures
- Performing dances as a soloist, with a partner or as a member of a dancing group before live audiences or for film, television or other visual media
- Training, exercising and attending dance classes to maintain the required levels of ability and fitness
- Directing and participating in rehearsals to practice dance steps and techniques required for a performance
- Auditioning for dance roles or for memberships in dance companies
- Coordinating the production music with the music directors
Ways in
- University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Dancer or Choreographer?
Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees.
Will AI change the work of a Dancer or Choreographer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026