Ballet Stager

Also called: Repetiteur (Choreographer's Trust), Dance Reconstructor

Travels to dance companies around the world to teach famous ballets exactly as the choreographer made them.

A day in the life

A stager spends three weeks with a company teaching a famous ballet exactly as the choreographer made it. They travel the world to set the same work on different companies.

Pay over a career

Starting
$45k
Typical
$75k
High
$130k

Approximate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Professional dance career.

Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.

Majors to look at: Dance.

Outlook

Growing slowly. Tiny field.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. Video records help, but teaching a famous ballet to new dancers in the studio stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Dance (ballet), Music, Foreign language, Dance history.

Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2032.

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