| If you want to become a backing dancer one thing | | | | The other more frequent option is when you attend |
| should be clear - you better start practising your | | | | dance auditions and dance castings and get the part. |
| dancing. Whereas average dancers or even | | | | Occasionally parts as backing dancers will be up for |
| deliberately bad dancers sometimes get jobs as a | | | | grabs at open auditions which can be found in places |
| backing dancer it is not as common as good dancers | | | | such as audition boards at dance studios. Most of the |
| usually get the job. | | | | time though you'll have to be put forward for the |
| When you see the backing dancers on TV you need | | | | audition or dance casting by your dance agent or |
| to be able to dance as good as them. Different jobs | | | | agency. |
| ask for different skills but if you are as good as these | | | | So naturally to be able to get onto a prestigious dance |
| dancers currently doing backing dancing for the stars | | | | agency that can get you parts such as this you need |
| you can bet that you have a chance of making it. | | | | to be an excellent dancer. It comes back down to |
| Don't just take your own opinion though. Record | | | | your dancing again. Then when you get onto a dance |
| yourself with a video camera and watch it back so | | | | agency it will be your dancing once more which will |
| you can see how good you really are as the camera | | | | frequently land you success at auditions for backing |
| never lies. Film yourself in dance classes and see how | | | | dancers. |
| you fare compared to the best dancers in the class. | | | | Sometimes image will be the most important factor |
| These are likely the standard of dancers you'll be | | | | when choosing backing dancers. All you can do is try |
| auditioning with for those very parts as backing | | | | and give them what they want so if the audition states |
| dancers. | | | | that they are looking for punk-looking dancers, you |
| There are 2 very simple ways of getting the job as a | | | | may need to make a few adjustments to your image |
| backing dancer. The easiest way is when your | | | | unless you're a punk of course! |
| contacts manage to somehow get you the job. This | | | | Don't be afraid to change your image, be flexible and |
| only tends to happen when you've worked as a | | | | by all necessary means put in the practise needed to |
| backing dancer before, are proven and you have | | | | get to the required standard and then start hitting |
| friends who have this power such as choreographers. | | | | those auditions! |
