The Salary for a Dance Team Coach
A dance team coach is a type of choreographer with a competitive edge. Coaching a dance team requires the same types of skills and qualities exhibited by a traditional choreographer, including discipline, patience and directorial vision. A dance team captain's salary depends largely on the instructor's reputation in the field and her previous history of success as either a dancer or coach of other dance teams.
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Dance Coach Job Description
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A dance team coach performs the same essential functions as a choreographer. This includes creating dance routines for her team, assigning dancer roles and directing rehearsal sessions. A dance team coach may find different dance competitions for her team to compete in, while a more traditional choreographer doesn't play a role in where the larger performance is taking place. The salary of a dance team coach depends on the coach's level of training, years of experience and the particular area of the choreography industry employing her.
Professional Dance Schools
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Professional dance schools across the country employ choreographers, including dance team captains, to teach classes in dance technique and movement and direct smaller companies of dancers for presentations and competitions. Employment in this area can provide a measure of job security for these dance instructors who would otherwise have a varied income between performances. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of May 2010, the mean annual wage for choreographers working at professional dance schools was $43,390. The mean hourly wage was $20.86.
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Amusement and Recreation Industries
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Amusement parks and recreation destinations employ choreographers, including dance team coaches, to instruct the many smaller dance troupes that perform across park grounds and recreation areas. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of May 2010, the mean annual wage for choreographers working in these industries was $31,770. The mean hourly wage was $15.27. This figure represents the lowest hourly wage for choreographers working in any performing arts industry during the 2010 reporting year.
Private Instruction
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Working as independent instructors can allow choreographers or dance team coaches to command higher salaries and build individual reputations within the industry as a whole. This can allow coaches and choreographers to attract better dancers and contend at higher levels of competition. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of May 2010, the mean annual wage of independent dance coaches and choreographers was $41,590. The mean hourly wage was $20. This field represents the largest employment area for choreographers with 10,780 employed as of May 2010.
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