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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A dance degree is a pretty terrible invrstment of time and money. If she is not in a company drawing a wage by 18, it is not going to happen.
And please don't say that a dance degree is necessary to teach. The best teachers were former peofessional dancers, not college degree holders. Actually, the college degree holders are the worst teachers - they just go thru the motions, there is no understanding that it is a performing art because they dont have much experience performing.
If she really wants to stay connected to that world, dance companies always need savvy fundraisers, accountants, lawyers, business manager, stage support. Get skilled in other ways that can support her field of interest.[/quote]

You keep making this claim about not making a living as a dancer if you aren't in a company by 18, and this just isn't true.

Based on just my year+ of following the journeys on the Dance Parent board, plenty of them have been able to find work, be it in a company, as a commercial dancer in a big city, working on cruise lines/amusement parks, and/or as choreographers. There are many schools that teach business skills if you want to open a studio some day. Radford actually has a BFA with an entrepreneurship focus that is exactly for this purpose.

It sounds like this student is making a good choice to double major. I applaud her for this and think it IS a wise choice.[/quote]

Tell that to the 20-something year old gal that I was roommates with while in grad school. She lamentef her SUNY Purchase dance degree as she was basically doing odd temp jobs here and there to pay the bills and dancung at night for no compensation. I met some others at a psrty. One who said that the only thing she had of vakue to offer was that she could make and bring a runny cheesecake. The only one in their circle whi could actually get by on dance had to take a teaching job at a Florida college - she lived and had a kid in NYC.
If you need to dance, there are plenty of adult classed available. You dont need a degree program to indulge.[/quote]

Just stop and answer OP’s question or go away please. OP’s child wants to double major. This is not the place to blast students who choose artistic careers. This thread is about a kid wanting to have both dance and academics. Read first, then blather.[/quote]

Exactly!  All this pointless pontificating about the value of arts degrees.  How about read and respond to the actual post, or just keep moving along…[/quote]

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