So, you want to be a dancer? the ultimate guide to exploring the dance industry

From ballet and contemporary to hip-hop and even Broadway, this book reveals what it really takes to build a career in dance today.

Main Author:	Van der Linde, Laurel, 1952-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hillsboro, Oregon : Beyond Words, [2015]
Series:	Be what you want series.
Subjects:	Dance > Vocational guidance > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	From ballet and contemporary to hip-hop and even Broadway, this book reveals what it really takes to build a career in dance today.
Physical Description:	199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781582704517 (hardcover) 1582704511 (hardcover) 9781582704500 (pbk.) 1582704503 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Laurel van der Linde's first career was as a ballet dancer. Trading her pointe shoes for character pumps, she segued into Broadway musical theater, dancing in A Chorus Line , Annie , My Fair Lady , and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers . She also worked with legendary choreographers Gower Champion and Michael Kidd. Moving behind the scenes, van der Linde began her work in sound as a director/producer of audiobooks, working for such publishing houses as Hachette, BBC AA, Brilliance Audion, and Full Cast Audio, and she is the director of the voiceover school at the Famous Radio Ranch in Los Angeles. She is also an instructor of creative writing for children at UCLA and has published four books for kids. She has two sons, Gower and Gavin, and breeds and trains Arabian horses on her ranch in Valencia, California.