How to hire a dancer

How to hire a dancer, step by step

Here's a step-by-step dancer hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a dancer job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new dancer
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the dancer you need to hire. Certain dancer roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Hiring the perfect dancer also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents dancer salaries for various positions.

   Type of Dancer	Description	Hourly rate
   Dancer	Dancers and choreographers use dance performances to express ideas and stories. There are many types of dance, such as ballet, tango, modern dance, tap, and jazz.	$12-54

2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Dance Performances
   • Excellent Guest
   • Public Appearances
   • Costumes
   • Parade
   • Hip Hop
   • Dance Routines
   • NBA
   • NYC
   • Music Videos
   • Dance Classes
   • Community Events
   • Community Services
   • Modern Dance

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Perform at all NBA home games and various other events.
   • Perform hula and tahitian dances, lei greet, private conventions.
   • Experience in ballet, jazz, and contemporary/lyrical for all ages.
   • Train new dancers and help correlate new approaches towards improving luau show.
   • Perform in events throughout NYC; participate in rehearsals twice per week during school breaks.
   • Perform as a professional hula dancer and belly dancer on various corporate and special events.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your dancer job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A dancer salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, dancers' average salary in wyoming is 55% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level dancers earn 78% less than senior-level dancers.
   • Certifications. A dancer with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a dancer's salary.

   Average dancer salary

   $53,667yearly

   $25.80 hourly rate

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   Entry-level dancer salary

   $25,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 29, 2025

4. Writing a dancer job description

   A dancer job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a dancer job description:

   Dancer job description example

   As a top international pizza chain in business for more than 50 years, Little Caesars offers tremendous career opportunities. As a family owned company, we take an active interest in the professional growth of our team members. This personal approach to career development allows our work force to feel recognized and rewarded.

   Our mission is to be the best take-home pizza chain by exceeding customer expectations with extraordinary value, great tasting products, and outstanding people.

   Get paid to dance and have FUN! Part-time Sign Dancer job available!

   Are you an outgoing energetic individual looking for work? Are you someone who can attract attention? Do you like having fun at work and staying positive?

   If so, this is the job for you! We are looking for a part-time Sign Dancer who can hold a sign and have fun at the same time. We are not just looking for your average sign holder. We are looking for someone who can dance with a sign and attract attention.

   Requirements:

   You must be very ENERGETIC and get people's ATTENTION!!!

   You must be in decent health. You will be outside.

   You must be able to wave at passing cars while on duty.

   You must be able to stand the entire shift.

   You must have reliable transportation and arrive on time.

   You must be able to pass a drug test.

   You must be at least 18 years old

   
   

   Additional Info

   Minimum Age

   18+ years old

   Additional

   • Execute cash management duties with POS and Shift Reports
   • Assist in the management of adequate inventory levels using the company's systems and guidelines to minimize loss
   • Manage company's assets by ensuring the restaurant is clean, safe and organized; comply with safety and security standards at all times
   • Be hard working, team-oriented, friendly, and honest, and have great customer service skills.
   • Reliable transportation to and from work
   • Ability to lift 50lbs
   • Ability to lead a team with no supervision and build an atmosphere of teamwork, energy and fun
   • Ability to work with phones, computers, fax machines and copiers
   • Ability to successfully perform the job duties of all positions in the restaurant, including pizza delivery
   • Communicate, train and promote quality standards to team members
   • Professionally and promptly, respond to all customer concerns or issues

   Job Industries

   • Food & Restaurant

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5. Post your job

   To find the right dancer for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with dancers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit dancers who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your dancer job on Zippia to find and recruit dancer candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit dancers, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new dancer

   Once you've found the dancer candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new dancer first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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