
Judy Sharp
CBC Ballet Mistress & Education Coordinator; UCSD Lecturer in Dance
University of California, San Diego and California Ballet School and Company
University of California, San Diego and California Ballet School and Company
CBC Ballet Mistress & Education Coordinator; UCSD Lecturer in Dance
I teach ballet, choreograph when I have opportunities, and have a variety of jobs for a ballet company.
Office = CA Ballet Co; CBS = teaching; CBC has 4 shows / yr (extra theater hrs); UCSD summers OFF. Monday - swim, UCSD 10a-12p, Co office, home 3-5p. Tuesday - walk, UCSD 10a-12p, Co office &/or rehearse, CBS, home 7-8p. Wednesday - walk, UCSD 10a-12p, Co office, rehearse, home 9:30p. Thursday - swim, UCSD 10a-12p, Co office &/or rehearse, home 4-5p. Friday- Pilates, Co class, rehearse, office, CBS, rehearse, home 9:30p. Saturday - walk, 10a office, CBS, rehearse, home 6p. Sunday - walk or Pilates, 10a co class, rehearse, office, home 4p.
Here's the first step for professionals
If you are already a dancer, start teaching! Explore choreography whenever and wherever the chance arises. For admin work: Offer to help in a non profit organization to see what is needed to keep it running. You may have skills you could put to good use, from writing to proofing for others, or organizing wardrobe to contacting schools, you never know what you'll be asked to do. Computer skills are a plus especially graphic design.
"Although I was not gifted with a "perfect ballet body" I was never discouraged from focusing on dancing as well as I could. I knew for myself that I would not be able to get into a big company. My noise was the reality of that."