Ballet Dancers in Career Transition
Subtitle: Sixteen Success Stories
Contributors: Kevin McKenzie (Foreword)
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780786418190
Subjects: Ballet; General; Biography/Autobiography; Career-Changing; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Entertainment & Performing Arts - General; Case studies; Career changes; Ballet dancers; Media Studies; Biography
Description: "The average length of a professional dancer's career is 10 to 15 years. As with professional athletes, once the prime years of physical prowess have passed, retirement is inevitable - yet there are still many years of adult life ahead. Making the transition to a new career is challenging." "Motivated by her own career transition, the author interviewed former ballet dancers who have successfully moved into new careers after they stopped performing."--Jacket.