Dancer

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Useful school subjects:

Physical Education
Music and Performing Arts

Kaikanikani

Raewyn Hill performing a flying leap dance movement.

Raewyn Hill performing a dance move

Dancers entertain people by expressing ideas and emotions, usually to music, using body movements.

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Mahi ai ki te whakangahau tangata ma te whakaputa whakaaro ma te kori tinana me te ahua o te kanohi, e ai ki nga whakatangitangi.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific educational requirements to become a dancer.

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Rowan Cann.

Royal New Zealand Ballet Company dancer Rowan Cann is happy to have fulfilled his childhood ambition of becoming a professional dancer.

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Pay

Pay for dancers varies depending on the type of dance and number of performances they do.
 

 

Job Outlook

It is difficult to find dance work in New Zealand because opportunities are limited and competition for positions is high.
 
 

 


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