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Dancers

Perform dances. May also sing or act.

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Degrees

Abilities

Gross Body Coordination

The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.

Extent Flexibility

The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Gross Body Equilibrium

The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.

Dynamic Flexibility

The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Dynamic Strength

The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.

The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Speed of Limb Movement

The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

The ability to see details at a distance.

Fluency of Ideas

The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

Static Strength

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Written Comprehension

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Perceptual Speed

The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Speed of Closure

The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

Written Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Arm-Hand Steadiness

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Hearing Sensitivity

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Explosive Strength

The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.

Glare Sensitivity

The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting.

Peripheral Vision

The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.

Spatial Orientation

The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.

Visual Color Discrimination

The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Finger Dexterity

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Number Facility

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Mathematical Reasoning

The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.

Auditory Attention

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

Response Orientation

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

The ability to see under low light conditions.

Sound Localization

The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.

Wrist-Finger Speed

The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Interests

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Second Interest High-Point

Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

First Interest High-Point

Primary-Rank Descriptiveness

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Third Interest High-Point

Tertiary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness

Knowledge

Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Communications and Media

Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

Sociology and Anthropology

Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Sales and Marketing

Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Medicine and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Therapy and Counseling

Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Foreign Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Philosophy and Theology

Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Personnel and Human Resources

Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

History and Archeology

Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Production and Processing

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Economics and Accounting

Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Food Production

Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

Telecommunications

Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Building and Construction

Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Wages

District of Columbia

Related Careers

Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or motion picture productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.

Create and teach dance. May direct and stage presentations.

Etchers & Engravers

Engrave or etch metal, wood, rubber, or other materials for identification or decorative purposes. Includes such workers as etcher-circuit processors, pantograph engravers, and silk screen etchers.

Makeup Artists, Theatrical & Performance

Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.

Model garments and other apparel to display clothing before prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, retail establishments, or photographer. May pose for photos to be used for advertising purposes. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.

Photograph persons, subjects, merchandise, or other commercial products. May develop negatives and produce finished prints.

Set & Exhibit Designers

Design special exhibits and movie, television, and theater sets. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.

Skills

Teaching others how to do something.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Learning Strategies

Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Equipment Selection

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Management of Personnel Resources

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Management of Financial Resources

Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Management of Material Resources

Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Operations Analysis

Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Technology Design

Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

Systems Evaluation

Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Systems Analysis

Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Writing computer programs for various purposes.

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Tasks

Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.

Study and practice dance moves required in roles.

Harmonize body movements to rhythm of musical accompaniment.

Perform classical, modern, or acrobatic dances in productions, expressing stories, rhythm, and sound with their bodies.

Collaborate with choreographers in order to refine or modify dance steps.

Coordinate dancing with that of partners or dance ensembles.

Attend costume fittings, photography sessions, and makeup calls associated with dance performances.

Audition for dance roles or for membership in dance companies.

Develop self-understanding of physical capabilities and limitations, and choose dance styles accordingly.

Perform in productions, singing or acting in addition to dancing, if required.

Monitor the field of dance to remain aware of current trends and innovations.

Teach dance students.

Devise and choreograph dance for self or others.

Career Activities

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

work as a team member

Thinking Creatively

choreograph dance

express creativity through music, dance, or acting

portray roles using gesture or body movement

study story line or music to devise dance movements

tell stories through musical, visual, or dramatic arts

use poise or stage presence skills

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization

communicate visually or verbally

Career Context

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

Physical Proximity

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance

Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions

Contact With Others

Spend Time Standing

Spend Time Walking and Running

Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling

Face-to-Face Discussions

Frequency of Decision Making

Work With Work Group or Team

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

Coordinate or Lead Others

Level of Competition

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

Exposed to Contaminants

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

Public Speaking

Freedom to Make Decisions

Structured versus Unstructured Work

Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting

Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

Responsible for Others' Health and Safety

Degree of Automation

Deal With External Customers

In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment

Electronic Mail

Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable

Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People

Consequence of Error

Frequency of Conflict Situations

Exposed to Disease or Infections

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results

Letters and Memos

Career Styles

Stress Tolerance

Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Attention to Detail

Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

Adaptability/Flexibility

Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

Social Orientation

Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.

Job requires being honest and ethical.

Concern for Others

Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.

Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.

Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.

Analytical Thinking

Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

Career Needs

Workers on this job are never pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

Ability Utilization

Workers on this job make use of their individual abilities.

Workers on this job get a feeling of accomplishment.

Workers on this job receive recognition for the work they do.

Workers on this job try out their own ideas.

Workers on this job plan their work with little supervision.

Workers on this job are looked up to by others in their company and their community.

Working Conditions

Workers on this job have good working conditions.

Workers on this job have co-workers who are easy to get along with.

Workers on this job do their work alone.

Workers on this job make decisions on their own.

Workers on this job have something different to do every day.

Workers on this job are paid well in comparison with other workers.

Workers on this job are busy all the time.

Workers on this job have work where they do things for other people.

Workers on this job have opportunities for advancement.

Company Policies and Practices

Workers on this job are treated fairly by the company.

Workers on this job have steady employment.

Workers on this job give directions and instructions to others.

Supervision, Human Relations

Workers on this job have supervisors who back up their workers with management.

Supervision, Technical

Workers on this job have supervisors who train their workers well.

Career Values

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employs to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.

Working Conditions

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

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