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You see the dancers on TV dancing behind Britney or Justin Timberlake. You’re inspired to take up dancing so that you can become just like your idols. And you find that pretty soon, you wouldn’t mind being up there yourself dancing with your very idols.

Sounds cool doesn’t it? Dancing in music videos or doing backing dancing is the dream of most aspiring dancers and if you’re reading this probably yours as well. After all when you’ve danced in a music video, that’s when you know you’ve made it, right? But how do you actually do it and find yourself on TV screens across the country?

Well there are a variety of ways. Some of them super glamorous such as being spotted by a very intelligent scout who obviously knows talent when they see it and says that’s you.

If this happens to you, congratulations, you’ve truly had it made. But for the rest of the people out there, there are ways to appear in a music video that are within your control. Being scouted is generally the exception rather than the rule.

The most common route is to go and find a good agent or agency who will find dance auditions for you. Most top dance jobs come through agencies who will put you forward for jobs that match your skills and attributes.

The first rule of thumb when applying for dance agencies is to make sure you’re good enough. There is no point in auditioning for agencies if you’ve just stumbled into the industry and just picked up 1 or 2 dance moves from a dance class. Auditions are tough and you’ll need to be good to go through.

Different agencies work differently. Most will ask you to send through your CV and professional pictures. If they like the look of you and what you have to offer they may offer you a place on their agency immediately. Especially if you’ve done a lot of high-profile work or are otherwise a well-known dancer.

It’s more than likely though that most agencies will invite you to an audition to become represented by their agency. There are often many dancers at these auditions, especially for the well known agencies where it’s not unusual to have several hundred auditionees.

If you do well at the audition they may then decide to take you on. And then they’ll start putting you forward for work and sending you to auditions where you’re auditioning for specific jobs such as music videos.

There are some agencies which will insist that you do not need any experience. You should be cautious with these agencies. By all means have a look to see what they have to offer, but exercise special caution. Many operate on the basis that you give them some money to get a place on their agency books, and then they won’t send you on any auditions at all. Generally you should not pay to join an agency, if you do make sure they have a good record and send their people to good auditions.

There will also sometimes be open auditions and castings which means that you do not need to be with any agency and anyone is free to attend the audition. Open auditions can be very packed, but if you don’t have an agent yet then you’ll have to go to these auditions to start building up your CV and if you want to find work. They can be advertised in newspapers, websites and notice boards.

So all in all, it is possible to succeed and get work without being represented by an agent or agency, but a good agency can help your career tremendously by sending you out on a lot of quality music video auditions which can only be attended via an agency.

To become a backup dancer is a field with a lot of competition. The thing is most people aren’t aware of what it takes to become a backup dancer.

The tips below will show you what it takes to be a backup dancer for music artists and bands. It shows you the skills that will help you from the initial stages of auditioning through to actually getting booked for the job. Follow these tips and be ahead of the pack.

1. Talent: That’s right talent is one of the most important things. Spend all the time you can perfecting your skills, going to dance classes and be the best you can. It’ll help you!

2. Belief: No dancer achieved great success without believing in their talent. Believing in yourself whether you’ve been praised or just turned down for 5 auditions in a row.

3. Persistence: A lot of dancers will leave the race for backup dancer jobs because they’re not tough enough to be rejected so many times. It takes persistence because directors are always looking for different things on different jobs.

4. Image: Image is not a skill but creating a ‘sellable image’ for yourself is. Your image needs to look good whatever it is, and something that people can look at and say ‘Yes I could see that dancer in this video.’

5. Dedication: Dedication is needed to keep up practise whether times are thick or thin.

6. Stamina: Music videos can be long days. You can be filming from early in the morning till late at night. Days of 12 hours or more aren’t uncommon. The plus side is you’ll usually be well paid.

7. Patience: There can be a lot of waiting around any time you are filming whether it is a film, television show or music video. It takes patience because naturally as a dancer you want to be dancing. Often waiting around can take it out of you more than actually dancing itself.

8. Professionalism: Getting on with the job at hand with minimal fuss. Dancers that bicker or complain a lot aren’t fun for the crew or artist involved to have around.

9. Personality: A likeable personality or natural charm can work wonders. Some people can just seem to get on with everyone and are always great fun to have around. Not surprisingly they get booked often.

10. Good contact: Staying in touch with agents, returning phone calls about jobs and rehearsals, being easy to get in contact with. This makes it easier to get booked and much simpler for the people who you’re working with.

Belly dancing has been popularized over the years as a joyful woman’s art, and why not, after all it has all the essential ingredients that make it worthy to be cherished at moments of joy or woe. Now days belly dancing is not only practiced by female dancers, even male dancers all over have taken a deep interest in this form of art. This dance form was made popular by the Arabs, who called it raqs sharqi (“oriental dance”). With the passage of time, Belly dance has witnessed several alterations in its form, style, and costume and the same goes for its music.

When it comes to Belly dance music, it’s those grooving beats with their upbeat motions that imparts this dance form its true beauty. The graceful movement of each part of the body with a flickering pulsation of the hips and the hypnotic music forms the awe-inspiring sight to behold.

This music is always associated with Middle Eastern Music. Improvisation of this genre has taken place with the introduction of various instruments, each of which has their own specialty. Nonetheless, This music has to be such that it creates an electrifying and stimulating atmosphere and helps to ignite the fire both within the dancers and the audiences. The traditional Middle Eastern music instruments like tabl beledi, nakara, and a wide assortment of Eastern frame drums multiplies the real flavor of Belly dance.

Along with different “fusions” of belly dance, the music has also fused with different forms and styles of music. The contemporary form of belly dancing has been popularized by Shakira, the Latin America rock star. She brings forth a beautiful blend of Belly dancing along with Latino as well as other modern dance forms. Suhaila Salimpour, (world renowned dancer, performer, and choreographer) has also stepped up in revolutionizing music with her online belly dance mp3 store that features very modern and very classic styles of bellydance music. All for download.

Music stores all across the globe houses Belly dance CDs and DVDs, which can be enjoyed at leisure moments.