Why is it so hard to find another passion like dance for my next career? I’ve tried to prepare by taking vocational tests at Career Transition For Dancers and online college courses. But I keep hitting a dead end. —Life After Dance?, Los Angeles, CA For many performers, deciding to be a dancer occurred the […]

Having begun my dance career in my late teens, I successfully bypassed the student debt many Americans face when they take out loans for college. For seven seasons, I had a cushy job dancing in the corps at Pacific Northwest Ballet. During that time I put nearly $50,000 towards my 401(k), saved an additional $10,000 […]

Every dancer knows deep in their heart that dance is only a temporary profession, yet we devote our lives to it anyway. We feel called to it. I never felt like I had a choice; I could not imagine doing anything else with my life. I started training at 3, and became immediately obsessed, grand […]