<p>SERIOUSLY even?</p>
<p>lol unfortunately</p>
<p>when USC came to our school, their brochure advertised majors such as flute, and oboe.</p>
<p>“so, what are you majoring in?” “the oboe”</p>
<p>guys, and I am assuming you are, before writing something that degrading come take a dance class with my daughter and we will change your tune really quick. I am assuming you have not been exposed to the arts and how important they are. If you cant write some nice dont write it!!!</p>
<p>Dancerinpa, these guys are probably majoring in beer pong, anyway–on the 5-year plus plan with no degree at the end of it. They would have no clue as to how disciplined the dance and music (and other arts) majors are. </p>
<p>Years ago I was teaching dance at a major public U where many football players and other athletes used to take ballet for training purposes. They ALL agreed that dance was much harder than their sports!</p>
<p>Yes guys, it’s a real degree, and I’ve been making an excellent living from my two degrees in dance for over 30 years. I dance and listen to my favorite music all day long, and they pay me quite well for it. Oh, and lots of paid vacation time. Eat your hearts out, guys! ;)</p>
<p>And guys, our beautiful, accomplished dancing daughters wouldn’t even think of dating you! :)</p>
<p>Although I’m not majoring in it, dance is one of the most beautiful art forms that exists. Also, many dance programs are extremely rigorous (to the mind as well as the body) and give excellent pre-professional training.</p>
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<p>Ha!</p>
<p>This whole thread made me laugh! Dancers are some of the smartest people out there!</p>
<p>And when you go to college for Dance, you also have to take liberal arts courses. Look at the Ailey/Fordham program - you take liberal arts courses at Fordham - and the average admitted student to Fordham has a 3.5 GPA!</p>
<p>Though I hate to dignify the first trollish posts on this thread with an answer, I will say that I’ve wondered about the wisdom of choosing a dance major for one’s college education unless it’s at a school with an excellent reputation and track record for sending students on to careers in dance. College is expensive and becoming more so all the time. The Ailey/Forham program is a great example - if a student is accepted there, he or she certainly has the talent to have a professional career in dance. But even those students have to evaluate how they’ll feel if they graduate with a substantial amount of educational debt and are earning $30,000 a year. I looked online for a better current estimate of an average dancer’s salary but couldn’t find anything more recent than 2004, which wasn’t pretty:
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<p>Very few people in the arts make a lot of money.</p>
<p>If you are after a lot of money…do something else. It would appear that for at least a small section of humanity, (and thank God for them) the joy they take in creativity is more important to them than financial security, and society is so much the better for their sacrifice.</p>
<p>Making money is great and I don’t blame anybody for wanting financial security but it’s not like there’s some sort of moral superiority to choosing a lucrative career nor does that make anyone “smarter” either. I’m not saying people who choose money over love of art are LESS moral than those who choose something else -but I think they ought to at least be decent enough to acknowledge that the world is a much better place on account of the musicians, dancers, actors, writers, and artists who go into their field knowing the odds of making enough money to even be above poverty level are slim. Maybe even a bit of gratitude and fork out that 2 bucks to pay for a song instead of downloading it illegally 
especially if it’s off of the artist’s direct site and all goes to him/her. Just sayin’.</p>
<p>As far as the debt load…well, my daughter is going into the performing arts so we are limiting her school choice to one from which she can graduate without big debt. Hopefully without any debt. It’s a hard truth but if you are going into the arts you will never pay off an 80 thousand dollar loan. Of course you can say that for almost everything in the liberal arts too…but we can’t all be engineers, so something is going to have to change there, but that’s another thread.</p>
<p>…and, the rigours ~ mentally, physically, and academically ~ of a BFA, are NOT for sissies or the frail of mind. People who have firsthand knowledge of this can all assure you of that.</p>
<p>I hope I didn’t give the impression in my post that I believe that higher earners are morally superior - or even that a high income is something everyone does, or should, aspire to. I certainly don’t believe that higher earners are smarter - lots of evidence to the contrary on that score. 
This is what I’m talking about. I think that 80 or 100K undergrad is foolish for almost anyone, in almost any field, because the highest earning incomes will usually require a graduate degree. And most people certainly have to borrow for grad school.</p>
<p>I’m a supporter of the arts and of course am happy that people choose to pursue them professionally. But practically speaking, I believe that students and parents should ask themselves “how are we going to pay that back?” if they borrow for any degree, and perhaps especially one in the arts. And even if they don’t borrow for their degree, I think a practical dancer will ask “how employable will my degree make me?” when choosing a major and a school.</p>
<p>Dance is a real major and there is a GREAT career opportunity that I would like to share with all current college dance majors!</p>
<p>Please check out my website!!! it’s all about if you want to major in dance and your future after college!!!</p>
<p>[Every</a> Child Deserves A Chance To Dance - Home](<a href=“http://danceandautism.■■■■■■■■■■/index.html]Every”>Every Child Deserves A Chance To Dance - Home)</p>
<p>That is awesome. My d would love to open up a dance studio someday and have some classes be geared towards those with special needs. Her brother has special needs and she has often “choreographed” dances that they do together. The joy when he dances is so apparent and she wants to be able for others to have this joy too.</p>
<p>As a dancer, I will be the first one to say that dance is hard. Why don’t you try to do a triple pirouette and then come out of it in a jete?That’s right. You most likley can’t. And that’s easy compared to half of the stuff that professionals do. That was a very insulting thing to post, and you should say sorry to all of us dancers out there.</p>
<p>For those people who have questions about how much money dancers make, here is a link with answers to how much money professionals make in Dancing with the Stars. They actually can make quite a bit. They can also give private lessons and those can add up to quite a bit, too. [Answers.com</a> - How much do the pros get paid for Dancing with the stars](<a href=“Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions”>How much do the pros get paid for Dancing with the Stars? - Answers)</p>
<p>In addition, for anyone who questions whether Dance is a major, here is a Chapman news article of dance students land winning research.
[Dance</a> students land winning research Happenings](<a href=“http://chapmannews.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/2011/04/29/dance-students-land-winning-research/]Dance”>Dance students land winning research | Happenings)</p>