Finding center and focus: Balancing academics and dance

Dancers are full of passion. They identify as dancers and probably will forever. And while it’s certainly possible to make a career out of dance, it’s also important to get a good education. This will make you an artist with a stronger voice, a more well-rounded individual in life, and a focus on academics can give you back-up career options when it’s time to “hang up the shoes”. Catherine Rowland.But with a dancer’s busy schedule of classes, cross-traini