Musicians in Dance

Musicians that work with dance are rare. The number of dancers in the world is much greater than the number of musicians that work in dance. Even in a small class size with a live musician, there are usually 5-10 dancers compared to the one musician. If we think about the amount of dance performances that happen in the world, only a small percentage of them have musicians that are playing in those performances. I am not suggesting that class and performances are more successful with live music over music playback. It does give us a clue as to why there are so few resources that teach how music works with dance. We are a small group of musicians that chose to do this full and part time as a career. We are a niche within a niche, and I feel lucky to be part of this unique group of musicians.