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Toronto Dance Book: Breaking Into and Succeeding as a Professional Ballroom Dancer

Synopsis

This 76-page instantly downloadable StyleCareer.com eGuide Breaking Into and Succeeding as a Professional Ballroom Dancer brings you valuable insider tips, advice and suggestions not available elsewhere to help you embark on this highly lucrative career path.

Authors: Jennie S. Bev and Eric J. Leech Heather Berman and Chuan Chee contributed tremendously in the writing of this book. To purchase the eGuide, click here

Book categories:

• Ballroom Dancer
• Ballroom Dancing Studio School
• Breaking Into and Succeeding as a Professional Ballroom Dancer
• Starting a Ballroom Dancing School
• Starting a Ballroom Dancing Studio

Would you like to dance like those in the famous TV shows or movies of Dancing With The Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Dance With Me, Take The Lead, Dirty Dancing, or Shall We Dance?. Now's your chance!

Table of Contents

The Myths, the Realities, and the Basics

I love dancing, but I’m not a professional dancer. My dancing skills are limited
I have never won any dancing competition
I don’t have a perfect body to become a dancer
I have never become a “professional” of anything
I’m not that confident
I want to make a living by being a professional ballroom dancer, can I?
Do I need to travel a lot being a professional ballroom dancer?
With family commitments, I may not be able to

Ballroom Dancing in a Nutshell

Definition of Being a Professional
What is Ballroom Dance?
Types of Ballroom Dances
History and Description of A Few of the Most Popular Dances
- Waltz
- Quickstep
- Foxtrot
- Tango
- New York Salsa
Dancing Related Statistics
Trends in Ballroom Dancing
Pop Culture Infatuation with Ballroom Dancing

Getting Ready for the Big Break

Pathways to Become A Professional Ballroom Dancer
- How to Find a Good Partner
- Attending a Ballroom Dance School
- Top Ballroom Dancing Schools in the United States and Canada
Pros and Cons of Specializing in a Particular Dance
Getting a Private Tutor Pros and Cons
Buying Costumes
Competitions
How to Become a Professional Dancer on TV (Background Dancer)
- Caveat Emptor of Agencies
- How to Stand Out

Starting a Ballroom Dancing Studio or School

Preparations
Creating Your Own Program vs. Franchise Programs

Being Successful

Personality Traits
Characteristics Required by the Dancer
Professional Certification and Associations
Training
Top Trainers

Success Profiles

Heather Berman
Chuan Chee
Forrest Vance
Elizabeth Anderson

A Sample

How's the dancing trend?

Latin-Ballroom is gaining momentum due to various TV shows and movies. “It used to be popular (in the) 1930s to 1950s,” says Chuan Chee, a Toronto-based professional ballroom dancer. “Since the 1990s, it has been gaining momentum.”

With the great popularity of ballroom on the rise, it is not surprising that one of the hottest trends right now is wedding first dances. Both Heather Berman and Chuan Chee, who contributed tremendously in the writing of this book, have personal classes they offer for wedding couples who want to perfect their traditional first dance for their reception. This is a great way to freelance your talents as a dancer and make a good income on the side of the other projects you are involved with.

The popular culture has always been important for determining the ultimate success of most things today. It is true that with reality shows such as “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance” that people today have been pushed to becoming fascinated by the idea of dance and in a way it has been glamorized through films such as “Take the Lead,” “Honey,” “Shall We Dance” and videos like “Mad Hot Ballroom.” It was only natural that it was going to take off with the huge success and popularity that it is today.

To ease your mind about the future, dance has always been an infatuation with the public in general. Some generations are more into dance than others, but at any given point in time there are always at least a few generations who are amongst some sort of dance craze, giving the competitor, performer and instructor reason to continue pursuing their passion.