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Making changes : facilitating the transition of dancers to post-performance careers

Title
Making changes : facilitating the transition of dancers to post-performance careers / William J. Baumol, Joan Jeffri and David Throsby.
Author
Baumol, William J.
Publication
New York : Advance Project, 2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Jeffri, Joan.
  • Throsby, C. D.
  • Advance Project.
Description
[viii], 284 p. : ill., maps, charts; 28 cm.
Series Statement
Research report / The Advance Project
Uniform Title
Research report (Advance Project)
Alternative Title
Transition of dancers to post-performance careers
Subject
  • Dance > Vocational guidance
  • Career changes
  • Dancers > Economic conditions
Note
  • "With substantial assistance from Sue Anne Batey Blackman, Virginia Hollister, Annemarie Schoepfer and Lauren Tehan".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography (p. 73-77).
Contents
Summary statement -- Part 1. Facilitating the transition of dancers to post-performance careers. Dancers in transition, the challenge ; Research approach and methods of the study ; The dance industry worldwide, highlights of our country profiles ; Dancer career transition programs and practices and the four transition centers [Career Transition for Dancers (U.S.), Dancer Transition Resource Centre (Canada), Dancers' Career Development (U.K.), Dutch Retraining Program for Professional Dancers] ; Facing transition, the situation of the individual dancer (survey of three countries) ; Guiding hypotheses and the pertinent evidence collected ; Our conclusions and recommendations, some promising programs and practices -- Part 2. Country profiles and ancillary materials [including] socio-economic characteristics of dance in eleven nations. Dance in Australia ; Dance in Canada ; Dance in England ; Dance in France ; Dance in Germany ; Dance in Hungary ; Dance in Japan ; Dance in Mexico ; Dance in the Netherlands ; Dance in Switzerland ; Dance in the United States -- Appendix A. Some dancer career transition programs beyond the four formal centers. Dance companies ; Dance schools ; Service, labor, and membership organizations ; Government initiatives for facilitating dancers transition ; Other programs that facilitate the transition of dancers -- Appendix B. Survey methods for Australia, Switzerland, and the United States -- Appendix C. Survey questionnaire and responses (raw data from Australia, Switzerland and the United States)
Call Number
*MGRZ 06-3145
LCCN
2005282694
OCLC
60769766
Author
Baumol, William J.
Title
Making changes : facilitating the transition of dancers to post-performance careers / William J. Baumol, Joan Jeffri and David Throsby.
Imprint
New York : Advance Project, 2004.
Series
Research report / The Advance Project
Research report (Advance Project)
Bibliography
Includes bibliography (p. 73-77).
Local Note
Executive summary (8+11 p.) bound in following research report.
Added Author
Jeffri, Joan.
Throsby, C. D.
Advance Project.
Research Call Number
*MGRZ 06-3145
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