Practical Resources for Dance Educators!: Navigating the Competition Dance Model.

Dance scholar and former dancer Susan Foster ([5]) considered: Dancers sacrifice their desires to eat certain foods or to socialize, and they endure pain, disappointment, or even humiliation, all to come closer to the ideal. : Navigating the Competition Dance Model " Consumer Dance Identity: The Intersection between Competition Dance, Televised Dance Shows and Social Media." ADDRESSING THE BODY Involvement in the competition circuit can lead to real-world outcomes: for studio owners, increased income, and for dancers, college scholarships or professional connections to commercial dance (Harrington [6]; Schupp [16]). [Extracted from the article]