dancer
Let an agent explain the dancer as a performing artist, describe genres and career paths, relay training, health and labour conditions with attribution, and route to entries for specific dancers and dance forms.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the dancer as a performing artist, describe genres and career paths, relay training, health and labour conditions with attribution, and route to entries for specific dancers and dance forms.
A person who performs dance, professionally or as an amateur, in genres from ballet, contemporary and folk to hip hop b-boying, ballroom, film dance such as Indian item numbers, historical forms such as the Japanese shirabyoshi, wheelchair dancesport and percussive traditions such as podorythmie; dancers train intensively, work in companies, theatres, film, television and clubs, teach as dance teachers, and face physical demands and short performing careers.
What it is for: Performing dance.
It can be explain genres and roles; relay training and careers; relay health and labour conditions; route to specific dancers and forms.
Distinguishing features
Bodily performance
Genre specialisation
Intensive training
Short performing careers
What it looks like
A performer moving to music or rhythm in costume on stage, screen or floor.
How it is recognised
Performer of dance
Ballet, contemporary, folk, street, ballroom, film, wheelchair dancers
A choreographer creates dances; a dance teacher instructs; a musician plays
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
performs - the art form
works with - who creates the work
In practice
Families and kinds
ballet dancers
contemporary and modern dancers
folk and traditional dancers including historical shirabyoshi
street dancers such as b-boys and b-girls
ballroom and dancesport dancers including wheelchair dancesport
film and commercial dancers such as item girls in Indian cinema
percussive dancers such as podorythmists
dance teachers as a related role
Identifiers
ISCO-08 2653 dancers and choreographers
Standards and regulation
Performing arts labour agreements and union rules
Dance education and teacher certification standards
Health and safety rules for performers
Failure modes and hazards
Injury and eating disorders
Precarious employment
Stereotyping of dancers and genres
Confusing roles
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.dancer-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand The dancer role.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and genres.
Definition
Definition.
- What does a dancer do, and what genres and roles exist? definition
- Is the question about a dancer, a choreographer or a dance teacher? boundary
Roles
Specific roles.
Roles
Roles.
- What are b-boys, item girls, shirabyoshi, podorythmists and wheelchair dancers, described with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific role? action
Career Training and careers.
Practice.
Training
Training.
Training
Training.
- How are dancers trained, and what schools and pathways exist? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Work
Work and labour.
Work
Work.
- How do dancers work in companies, film and commercial settings, and what do studies say about pay and precarity? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Health Health.
Clinical.
Injury
Injury and wellbeing.
Injury
Injury.
- What injuries and health issues affect dancers, and what prevention exists, as research describes? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own health, which needs a professional? boundary
Transition
Career transition.
Transition
Transition.
- How do dancers transition after performing careers, and what support exists? provenance
- Which entry fits dance career transition? action
Context History and notable dancers.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has the dancer profession developed across cultures and periods? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of dance? action
Notable
Notable dancers.
Notable
Notable.
- Who are notable dancers in each genre, with sources? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific dancer? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should ballet dancer and street dancer be separate entries?
- How should labour and health research be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific roles and historical figures; should they be split off?