Ballet dancers in career transition : sixteen success stories /
Upper, Nancy, 1943-
Ballet dancers in career transition : sixteen success stories / Nancy Upper ; foreword by Kevin McKenzie. - viii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index.
Other careers in ballet -- Edward Villella : reinvented himself -- Violette Verdy : from Tchaikovsky to tenure -- Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride : Etoiles -- Ben Stevenson : "sort of just happened" -- Nancy Raffa : journey from the heart -- New careers outside of ballet -- Michael Byars : from barre to bar -- Jeff Plourde : dancing into accounting -- Erin Stiefel Inch : high EI -- Max Fuqua : soared again by diving -- Non-ballet careers related to dance -- Amanda Ose : her dream came true -- Linda Hamilton, Ph.D. : solutions in psychology -- Joysanne Sidimus : Canadian collaborations -- Jim Sohm : mentored mentor -- Robin Hoffman : stage to page to worldwide web -- Christopher Nelson : reverse transition -- Map of innovation and transition -- Transition tips -- Adaptive skills and personal qualities -- Career transition resources -- Dancer master list. I. II. III. A. B. C. D. E.
"The average length of a professional dancer's career is 10 to 15 years. As with professional athletes, once the prime years of physical prowess have passed, retirement is inevitable - yet there are still many years of adult life ahead. Making the transition to a new career is challenging." "Motivated by her own career transition, the author interviewed former ballet dancers who have successfully moved into new careers after they stopped performing."--BOOK JACKET.
0786418192 9780786418190
2004002927
Ballet dancers--Biography
Career changes--Case studies
GV1785.A1 / U66 2004
792.8092
Ballet dancers in career transition : sixteen success stories / Nancy Upper ; foreword by Kevin McKenzie. - viii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index.
Other careers in ballet -- Edward Villella : reinvented himself -- Violette Verdy : from Tchaikovsky to tenure -- Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride : Etoiles -- Ben Stevenson : "sort of just happened" -- Nancy Raffa : journey from the heart -- New careers outside of ballet -- Michael Byars : from barre to bar -- Jeff Plourde : dancing into accounting -- Erin Stiefel Inch : high EI -- Max Fuqua : soared again by diving -- Non-ballet careers related to dance -- Amanda Ose : her dream came true -- Linda Hamilton, Ph.D. : solutions in psychology -- Joysanne Sidimus : Canadian collaborations -- Jim Sohm : mentored mentor -- Robin Hoffman : stage to page to worldwide web -- Christopher Nelson : reverse transition -- Map of innovation and transition -- Transition tips -- Adaptive skills and personal qualities -- Career transition resources -- Dancer master list. I. II. III. A. B. C. D. E.
"The average length of a professional dancer's career is 10 to 15 years. As with professional athletes, once the prime years of physical prowess have passed, retirement is inevitable - yet there are still many years of adult life ahead. Making the transition to a new career is challenging." "Motivated by her own career transition, the author interviewed former ballet dancers who have successfully moved into new careers after they stopped performing."--BOOK JACKET.
0786418192 9780786418190
2004002927
Ballet dancers--Biography
Career changes--Case studies
GV1785.A1 / U66 2004
792.8092