According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Direct rehearsals to instruct dancers in dance steps and in techniques to achieve desired effects. | 92% |
| Teach students, dancers, and other performers about rhythm and interpretive movement. | 90% |
| Choose the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative to accompany a dance. | 88% |
| Advise dancers on standing and moving properly, teaching correct dance techniques to help prevent injuries. | 88% |
| Design dances for individual dancers, dance companies, musical theatre, opera, fashion shows, film, television productions, and special events, and for dancers ranging from beginners to professionals. | 86% |
| Seek influences from other art forms, such as theatre, the visual arts, and architecture. | 83% |
| Experiment with different types of dancers, steps, dances, and placements, testing ideas informally to get feedback from dancers. | 81% |
| Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness. | 81% |
| Develop ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches to record influences. | 81% |
| Read and study story lines and musical scores to determine how to translate ideas and moods into dance movements. | 81% |
| Direct and stage dance presentations for various forms of entertainment. | 81% |
| Coordinate production music with music directors. | 80% |
| Design sets, lighting, costumes, and other artistic elements of productions, in collaboration with cast members. | 80% |
| Audition performers for one or more dance parts. | 80% |
| Restage traditional dances and works in dance companies' repertoires, developing new interpretations. | 72% |
| Record dance movements and their technical aspects, using a technical understanding of the patterns and formations of choreography. | 71% |
| Assess students' dancing abilities to determine where improvement or change is needed. | 68% |
| Manage dance schools, or assist in their management. | 58% |
