Dance Mapping - Arts Council England

Of those that did earn a living exclusively through dance, 35% claimed to be self-employed
and 41% were employed. A little over 1% were active retired.
Of those earning a living through dance, 23% earned less than £5,000 in 2008/09 with 38%
earning between £5,000 and £20,000. Only 13% of the sample earned more than £30,000
from dance.
Of the sample, 38% claimed to spend some working time in management, 42% spent time
choreographing and 38% performing as a dancer. 36% taught in schools, 28% in higher or
further education and 24% in the private sector. 20% spent time producing and 8% in dance
therapy.
2.5% of all respondents said they spent 100% of their time teaching in schools, whilst under
1% of all respondents said they spent 100% of their time performing as a dancer. 7.3% said
they spent 100% time in management – 83% of these were employed in dance, whereas 7%
were self-employed and 39% worked in London.
Choreographing 313 41.8%
Management 285 38.1%
Performing as a dancer 284 37.9%
Teaching – schools 269 35.9%
Teaching – informal 234 31.2%
Teaching – FE/HE 210 28.0%
Dance development 190 25.4%
Teaching – private 175 23.4%
Other 154 20.6%
Producing 148 19.8%
Consultancy 139 18.6%
Technical 88 11.7%
Writer 84 11.2%
Composing/designing 65 8.7%
Funder 62 8.3%
Dance therapy 57 7.6%
Table 58: Professional roles in dance
Source: Workforce Survey 2009
37% of the sample were members of Dance UK and 33% of the Foundation for Community
Dance, 14% were members of National Dance Teachers Association and 9% of the English
Folk Dance and Song Society. 8% were members of Equity and 14% of the four awarding
bodies.
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