Dancer or Choreographer - ANZSCO 211112
- Assessment Authorities: VETASSESS
Dancer or Choreographer entertains by performing dances, or creates dance compositions. This occupation requires high levels of creative talent or personal commitment and interest as well as, or in place of, formal qualifications or experience.
Dancers may perform the following tasks:
- attend auditions
- rehearse dance steps and movements under the direction and instruction of a choreographer
- develop their own interpretation of a role
- train daily to maintain or improve technical standards, fitness and flexibility, and to help reduce the risk of injury when rehearsing or performing
- perform styles of dance as the company, project or choreographer requires
- sing or act as part of a performance
- apply their own make-up for performances
- choreograph dance works or routines.
This occupation belongs to Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL). MLTSSL is the occupational demand list which is in high demand across various states and territories of Australia.
If your occupation is on MTSSL, you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclasses:
- Skilled independent ( Subclass189)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - Family nominated
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - State or Territory nominated
- Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186)- Direct Entry and Temporary Residence Transition streams
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
- Training visa (subclass 407)
- Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485)– Graduate Work
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) Medium-term stream
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Dancer or Choreographer?
Dancer or Choreographer is classified as Group B occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group B occupations are the following :
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree with an additional qualification at least Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma level in a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years; Or
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Bachelor degree or higher degree without a highly relevant field of study and at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years;
According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and if all of your employment is before your qualification assessed at the AQF bachelor degree level , you are required to have five years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Dancer or Choreographer, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.
