Ballet Director

As a Ballet Director, you’re the head of a ballet company, an Artist who mixes and matches Dancers, and choreographs dances to paint a visually delightful show on stage. Often a retired Ballet Dancer, the Ballet Director carefully chooses each Dancer to be an artistic element in the current production, thus bringing the magic of theater to life.

Your ballet company is like an extended family working together to pull off a flawless performance. Every person performing within your closely knit group is carefully selected based on what they can offer. Each Dancer complements the others, just like colors in an oil painting.

Though you may control multiple aspects of the company, such as financial matters, more often than not, you let others handle those aspects so you can focus on providing artistic instruction. It’s entirely up to you to decide what ballets to perform, and you’re free to choose whether to use preexisting dances or choreograph your own.

Once the schedule for your year of performances is arranged, it’s time to practice, practice, practice. When a new Dancer arrives, you help your team practice with even more diligence to adjust to the change in routine. Of course, the key to becoming a successful Ballet Director is ensuring that your Dancers not only learn their roles, but also enjoy themselves in the process. Like an Orchestra Conductor, you guide your performers with a firm but gentle attitude to shape a masterpiece.