Dancers
Perform dances. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for video recording.
$52,830 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 7%
- 0%
- 93%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 6%. Today's estimate: 6%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 14 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study and practice dance moves required in roles.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 19% | 1.7 h25 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Coordinate dancing with that of partners or dance ensembles.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 17% | 1.7 h38 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 15% | 1.7 h50 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Devise and choreograph dance for self or others.Done yearly or less by most who do it. | 11% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | Stays with people | |
| Harmonize body movements to rhythm of musical accompaniment.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 10% | 50 min17 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform in productions, singing or acting in addition to dancing, if required.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 7% | 2.1 h50 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform classical, modern, or acrobatic dances in productions, expressing stories, rhythm, and sound with their bodies.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Develop self-understanding of physical capabilities and limitations, and choose dance styles accordingly.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 50 min25 min to 2.5 h | 95%Half by now | |
| Collaborate with choreographers to refine or modify dance steps.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Monitor the field of dance to remain aware of current trends and innovations.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | 96%Half by now | |
| Teach dance students.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 2% | 1.3 h38 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare pointe shoes, by sewing or other means, for use in rehearsals and performance.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 1% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
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Where the most of these jobs are
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