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Monica Skinner- you cannot just copy parts of different answers of mine word for word and then call it your own. That is plagiarism. The links you gave as a source are also bogus as you got it all from my other answers.

BTW, you misquoted the one section on the cost of lessons as it is only private lessons for ballet that can cost up to $300 an hour, although most are in the $40-$100 range for privates in ballet. Most people really have no idea what it take to be a professional dancer. First off, dancers you see in music videos are professional dancers that have strong classical training.

In order to get that type of work, you need a dance agent as there are no open calls for this type of work. Dance agents won't represent a dancer who has not worked professionally. They also won't represent a dancer who can only do one type of dance.

There isn't enough work out there to survive doing only hip hop or street jazz. A dancer may do a music video one week then be on Broadway the next. After that, dancing with a concert contemporary company on tour.

You would also have to be able to pick up choreography after being shown or told just once and do it flawlessly. That is easy for a well trained dancer where any genre of dance just becomes choreography that a well trained dancer can easily perform. You really need years of strong ballet training and codified modern training like Horton, Graham or Limon.

Monica gave quotes for Principal dancers in NYCB from their AGMA 2009 contract that I had in an old answer from 2 years ago. Dancers who are not in a ballet company don't get paid like that. In general in commercial dance, only 10% of the best trained dancers get work and only 10% of them can make a living at it.

Most dancers need to supplement their income with other jobs unless they are in that top 10% of the top 10%.. You asked if it was too late and I am afraid it is. It takes 10 years to "make a leg" in dance. That is 10 years of taking 15-30 hours of technique classes a week year round for years and years in a professional not recreational school.

That is, if you were born with all the required gifts of body, facility and musicality that a dance career requires. Dance careers are short and professional training is not made available for beginners starting at your advanced age. Even dancers with all the gifts, who start young and get top training don't all reach the professional ranks.

There are so few jobs. As you stated you cannot even take classes now, so this is just not a realistic goal for you. It is not too late to take recreational dance.

Start saving your money for dance classes. Who says you have to get paid to enjoy dance? Dance for the Joy of Dance and dance can always be a part of your life.

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