Research Catalog

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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Details

Additional Authors

• Advance Project. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005088120
• Jeffri, Joan.
• Throsby, C. D.

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

• Career changes
• Dance > Vocational guidance
• 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)

LCCN

2005282694

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library