Interesting.
There is no compelling reason I can think of that a dance troupe member would have to have a college degree.
We are long past time for a rational, dispassionate re-thinking of our entire education system, from top to bottom.
I find it most annoying.
Last year my daughter did a performance with the director of this company. It was combined with three different “schools.” She had the leading role in “Sleeping Beauty.” The biggest mystery was who was going to be her “prince.”
The director finally picked out a company member. There were guys at the college she taught at who want the role, but she decided that they weren’t advanced enough for her. The member she was partnered with is currently doing “Wicked”. Yet, we know of another dancer who is not yet a company member who is taking college classes that the director teaches at. It makes me mad. She has no desire to go to that paritcular college. Yet she loves this particular director and her style of modern dance. Sigh.
There is no reason for the encouragement of these young people to get dance degrees just to be able to get a position in a modern dance company. None at all.