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Retirement as a career transition in ballet dancers

Author: Irina Roncaglia

Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Issue 3/2006

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This paper discusses ballet dancers’ retirement, looking at the reasons for ending a performing career and their rehirement to an alternative role(s). The findings, explore different dimensions of the reasons for retirement. It attempts to investigate and nurture alternative thoughts on chronological age, in the context of ballet dancers’ retirement. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 international ballet dancers. A qualitative approach was adopted through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), and tenets of Grounded Theory. Practical implications for career guidance practitioners are addressed in the final section.

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Title: Retirement as a career transition in ballet dancers
Author: Irina Roncaglia
Publication date: 01-12-2006
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Issue 3/2006
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-006-9106-0

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