Is Dance a real degree ??...Yes!

Hello Lovlies!

So incase you didn't already know i am currently studying Dance at University and am in my second year and i am very fortunate that i really do love my course but of course there are those times were i want to throw my laptop across the room but someone manage to pull through. 

Being a dancer/dance student comes with a lot of controversy with some people as well as other university students and we are met with a lot of questions that do sometimes leave us a bit baffled or annoyed. This isn't a rant post at all i just thought i would let you know some of the questions that i have been asked in the past and what i would like to say to some people as i usually just tend to laugh it off to avoid a massive debate as i can get very protective over my art!Me and my fellow course members are always chatting about this so here we go... 

Do you just dance around in a studio all day??

Some people may find it surprising but the answer to this is no! yes of course we do have dance classes but a lot of our time is spent outside of the dance studio especially in second year, there is actually more to a dance degree than just dancing (trust me i could just dance and get a degree)

Do you have theory work?

Yes! and a lot of it, honestly even i was surprised with the amount of theory work that comes with doing a dance degree! As well as being taught how to be professional dancers we are learning how to be teachers, how the body works, dance history and dance appreciation. Trust me when i say the theory does actually out way the practical but its something we have to do so that we can better ourselves as dancers. Yes dancers so essays too!

Is it a full time course?

Being on Dance degree is a full time course even if we are not actually in university every day, we are either in rehearsal, in the library or taking part in extra classes, being a dancer isn't just a hobby its a life choice and there are many sacrifices that come with this. I am constantly either covered in bruises or have some kind of injury or pain somewhere in my body and am often very tired especially when you try and fit in a job and socialising at the same time. 

But what can you do with a Dance degree?

There are literally so many different career paths that i could go down and since going to university my eyes have been opened to the industry and all the possibilities out there. Of course there are the obvious choices of performing, joining a company, being in music videos to teaching, opening your own dance school, choreographing, physiotherapy, backstage  work the possibilities are honestly endless. 

Is it just full of girls?

Thankfully we now live in a society where it is a lot more socially accepted for both females and males to dance, yes the majority of year is girls with one boy but there are lads in other years and they are all equally was talented.You should be able to express yourself through dance whatever gender, age, size you are.

So there you go a couple of things that dancers often get asked!

There are many more and i could go on and one so

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Thanks for reading 

Lots Of Love 

Holly 

Xx

'Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass,

its about learning to dance in the pain'

-Unknown