DANZ resources for dance

Career Resources

• DANZ Code of Professional Practice for New Zealand Dancers - including conditions of employment and NZ legislation (or download 206kb PDF file)
• DANZ Code of Professional Practice for New Zealand Choreographers (211kb PDF file)
• DANZ Code of Professional Practice for Teachers of Dance (or download 69kb PDF file)
• Dance Best Practice and Business Ethics
• Information from the NZ Teachers Council about LAT - Limited Authority to Teach (in schools) - for private dance teachers working in the school sector. The LAT policy can be read at http://www.teacherscouncil.govt.nz/required/latpolicy.stm. Contact DANZ if your need advice on LAT and teaching in schools.
• Being professional and surviving in the dance industry (415kb PDF file)
• Landing a Role - Audition advice for dancers by Annabel Reader (213kb PDF file)
• DANZ Mentoring Programme
• A Career in Dance
• Issues faced by mature dancers - Part 1 and Part 2
• A Question of Pay & Employment in New Zealand Dance (360kb PDF file)
• Research Findings – Rates of Pay for Dance (320kb PDF file)
• Guide to: the minimum rights for employees and contract workers (292kb PDF file)
• Contract Checklist for Dancers (311 kb PDFfile)
• A Working Guide for New Zealand Dancers
  
  - Please note this document was written in 2004. Tax and financial information, particularly on page 25 - 29 are out of date. The Department of Inland Revenue provides current information.
• Guides on per diems and tax levels can be found at this link
• You're In Business
  
   - Please note this document was written in 2006. Tax and financial information, particularly on page 11 - 14 are out of date. The Department of Inland Revenue, http://www.ird.govt.nz  provides current information.
• Moving On - Ausdance resource on career transition of professional dancers (1.49mb PDF file)
• The UK Council for Dance Education and Training (CDET)which covers training and registration for all dance styles

DANZ Q articles Relating to Careers

• This Dancing LIfe - how to make a living
• Creating Your Own Reality
• What Lies Ahead?
• Gnarly Feet - Part 1 and Part 2
• A Question of Pay
• Why Join a Union? NZEquity - Your Union
• Tenacity and Frustration: how to get your private sector dance teaching experience recognised by the Ministry of Education in primary schools
• Different Approaches to Dance - dance teaching in schools and studios
• A Focus on Dance in Schools - innovative and successful learning through dance
• Justin Haiu – From Street Dance to Contemporary Fusion
  
• A Fixed Line on a Moving Stage – Line Dances, seven films for web and new media platforms
  

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