Employers
There are about 10,176 dance studios in the United States, according to the research group IBISWorld. These range in size from small mom-and-pop operations to large international franchises such as Fred Astaire Dance Studios and Arthur Murray Dance Studios.
Starting Out
Most dance school owners and managers break into the field by first obtaining experience as dancers and dance instructors. Visit the following Web sites for job listings:
- http://danceteacherfinder.com
- http://www.danceusa.org/jobsandauditions
- https://www.shapeamerica.org/career/Career-Center.aspx
- https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/dance-instructor-jobs
- http://www.indeed.com/q-Dance-Instructor-jobs.html
Additionally, job listings can be found at the Web sites of dance schools.
Starting your own business can be extremely challenging, and many businesses, despite the best efforts of their owners, fail after a few years. To avoid this fate, you should utilize the free business planning and mentoring resources that are provided by such organizations as the U.S. government's Small Business Administration (SBA, https://www.sba.gov) and SCORE (https://www.score.org), a nonprofit organization and a resource partner of the SBA.
- Actors
- Adapted Physical Education Specialists
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
- Art Teachers
- Artist and Repertoire Workers
- Athletic Directors
- Biophysicists
- Book Editors
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- Choreographers
- Circus Performers
- Clowns
- College Administrators
- College Professors
- Comedians
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Composers and Arrangers
- Computer Trainers
- Cooking Instructors
- Costume Designers
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Dance Instructors
- Dancers
- Distance Learning Coordinators
- Driving School Owners and Instructors
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Edupreneurs
- Elementary School Teachers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Flight Instructors
- Guidance Counselors
- Health Educators
- Instructional Coordinators
- Instructional Designers
- Journalism Teachers
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Makeup Artists
- Mathematics Teachers
- Music Conductors and Directors
- Music Teachers
- Music Venue Owners and Managers
- Musicians
- Non-Fungible Token Artists
- Nursing Instructors
- Physical Education Teachers
- Playwrights
- Political Scientists
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- School Administrators
- School Nurses
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- Singers
- Songwriters
- Special Education Teachers
- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
- Stage Directors
- Stage Managers
- Stage Production Workers
- Talent Agents and Scouts
- Teacher Aides
- Theater Managers
- Tutors and Trainers