There are very few occupations that have lifespans as brief as a career in dance.

 

The average student begins dancing at age seven; usually requiring approximately ten years of training to become a dancer. Add five more years to become a choreographer. 

 

Most professional dancers retire from performing in their early or mid-thirties.

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Some dancers take sabbaticals from dance to have children or obtain degrees before returning to a life that includes dance.

Some dancers continue dancing as teachers or choreographers. But most branch off into different career paths, dancing when they can . . .

or not at all.

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For some dancers, leaving the dance world  is a difficult transition. For others, it is a natural progression.

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Every dancer in the  State of Grace Company has experienced stages and seasons where they had to step out of dance temporarily or make a lifestyle change that no longer had room for dance. So we can identify with the process.

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We built this website to encourage, support, and hopefully inspire all you

Full-time Dancers,

Part-time Dancers,

and

Up-and-Coming Dancers.

 

But we also built this site for

Retiring Dancers, 

Once-Were Dancers,

+

Other Artists & Creatives

because we are all at different stages on our journeys and we believe each stage should as beautiful and satisfying as the ones that came before.

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Follow along with our

Grace Notes

as we meander in and out of dance, and continue to explore and experience the wonder of living in a

State of Grace. 

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