Job description Dancer in the Montréal Region

Find out what work is like for a dancer in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Dancers (NOC 53120).

Dancers

Description

Dancers are employed by ballet and dance companies, television and film productions and nightclubs and similar establishments. This unit group also includes dance teachers who are usually employed by dance academies and dance schools.

Work week duration

Dancers usually work less than 35 hours per week.
Less than 35 hours

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Dancers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • A new main duty
  • Practise and rehearse dance routines under direction or instruction to achieve desired interpretation and presentation
  • Perform dances as soloists or as members of groups before live audiences or for film or television
  • Train and exercise to maintain the required levels of ability and fitness
  • May choreograph their own performances.
  • Dance teachers
  • Teach dance technique and artistic interpretation to amateur and professional individuals and groups
  • Practise and rehearse dance routines under direction or instruction to achieve desired interpretation and presentation
  • Perform dances as soloists or as members of groups before live audiences or for film or television
  • Teach the techniques, cultural origins and symbolic meanings of Aboriginal, ethnic and folkloric dances
  • Train and exercise to maintain the required levels of ability and fitness
  • Teach recreational dancing lessons such as ballroom dancing
  • May choreograph their own performances.
  • Prepare dance students for specific auditions and performances.

Physical demands Help - Physical Demands

  • Bending or twisting the body
  • Standing
  • Keeping or regaining balance
  • Making repetitive motions
  • Walking and running

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Dancers are employed and some of their main characteristics:

  • Ballet and dance companies
  • Nightclubs and similar establishments
  • Television and film production companies

Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment

  • Indoors, environmentally controlled
  • Standard safety equipment

Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others

  • Physically touching or very close

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 53120), and a list of similar occupations:

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Similar occupations

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Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

Labour Market Information Survey

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