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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Applying as a dance major can be a great strategy for a great dancer with less than stellar stats.  At many schools it's easy to change your major once you're there.[/quote]

It's not a "great strategy' because "great dancers" get nothing out of colllege. They are too old. They should be in dance companies by then. [/quote]

You’re showing your age and I hope you’re not in any position to advise dancers coming up now. This may have been true for ballet dancers 20 years ago, but even ballet companies these days are partnering with colleges to train their recruits and some companies have started their own undergrad programs to hone talent that won’t flame out early. In modern dance the options are even more plentiful.[/quote]

So this explains why young ballet dancers who seek year round conservatories only to attend and never get picked up.  If they are truly partnering with colleges,  a lot of families should stop uprooting and separating their families for an empty and expensive dream.  [/quote]m

Yes, the pp is wrong. If for ballet you summer associate with a major comosny and are affikiated by 17/18 . Many are tutored to finish high school equivalency. I don't know any pro ballet dancers who finished college and then were picked up by a major company. A few, with family backing , attend college after,  after but it is rare. Modern dance is a slightly diffferent story but careers are rare and never financially successful. You shouldn't squander $40k-$93k a year on a dance major. Your professional options are thin and running a studio rarely breaks even. I know far too many former pros who had to resort to running studios and teaching class. Many are bitter (like all of my teachers); quite a few becine alcoholics. Then there are the $$ surgeries to repair the body. I've undergone three and preparing for my fourth. Have your kid read Gelsey Kirkland's " Dancing on my grave". subscribe to Dance Magazine and start reading. Read the want ads[/quote]

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