Dance

Not to be confused with Dancing or Music and Dance.

The Dance Career Track is one of the five careers added in the FreeTime expansion pack for The Sims 2. The career reward for this track is Better Barre by Deuxjoint Ltd. If Apartment Life is installed, Bohemians and Jocks are likely to work in this career. The only college major associated with this career is Drama.

• Adult Promotion Levels
• Teen/Elder Promotion Levels
• Adult Chance Cards

Dance Career Levels
1) Aerobics Instructor
And 1 and 2 and step and bend and move and slide and kick and stretch and 3 and 4 keep 'em moving keep 'em guessing. Keep your own body in shape and maybe one day your dream of becoming an aerobics instructor will come true.	0	0	0	0
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §215/day
	08:00 - 15:00		Pension: §76/day
			Bonus: None
2) Backup Dancer
Here's your first opportunity to show your skills and hopefully hone your craft by working with veterans in the industry. It's still technically a starving artist position, but everyone has to start somewhere. Make sure you bring your 'A' game everyday because you never know when you'll be given that one opportunity to shine and impress someone.	1	0	0	1
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §275/day
	15:00 - 21:00		Pension: §98/day
			Bonus: §550
3) Jazzercise Instructor
Why you left backup dancing to teach a workout class based on a 20 year old out-dated fad, you'll never know, but the world of dance moves in mysterious ways. Dust off that unitard, warm up the hair crimper, darn up those leg warmers and hit the hardwoods: it's time for some creativity and some pizzazz.	2	1	0	2
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §375/day
	08:00 - 15:00		Pension: §133/day
			Bonus: §750
4) Pop 'n Lock Performer
It's taken you a while to perfect your popping, but you've been a natural locker since birth. Now it's time to bring the two together. Keep in time, hit the streets, the clubs, the art shows, anywhere you can show your stuff. Just remember to pop then lock, cause lockin' then poppin' is just as bad as frontin', which is almost as bad as stackin' on stage.	3	2	1	3
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §450/day
	13:00 - 19:00		Pension: §160/day
			Bonus: §900
5) Dance Video Star
Remember when you were the dancer standing with 8 other dancers, behind that one dancer, who was standing behind all the famous people? Well, those days are long gone. Now you're the dancer standing in front of the other 8 dancers, behind the famous people. Call your mom, cause you've made it to the middle!	4	3	2	4
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §520/day
	10:00 - 17:00		Pension: §185/day
			Bonus: §1,040
6) Interpretive Dancer
There are many interpretive dancers who are very famous in the interpretive dancing community. Like that girl that does the one about the willow tree, and that other guy who pretends he's ribbons blowing on the breeze. Sometimes it can be difficult to interpret what a dancer is doing, but since it's pretty much all up to interpretation anyways who's to say you aren't really really good?	4	4	4	5
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §680/day
	16:00 - 22:00		Pension: §242/day
			Bonus: §1,360
7) Tap Dancer
No one laughs at tap dancers, they laugh with them, and with the whole stomp and smash crazes going on the demand for tap dancers is at an all time high. Top hat. Check. Cane. Check. Mock sequined half tux with tails. Check. Trashcan lids, drumsticks, empty paint cans, and faux graffitied concrete wall sections are all optional, but entirely more trendy. Bring the noise, also bring a decent amount of funk, and don't forget the jazz hands.	5	5	5	6
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §815/day
	15:00 - 21:00		Pension: §291/day
			Bonus: §1,630
8) Ballroom Dancer
Now's your time to prove your technical proficiency to the dancing world. Ballroom dancing is so technical that almost all forms of artistic expression have been removed, luckily all fashion sense has been removed as well. So, find the gaudiest outfit you can, slick back your hair, plaster a smile on your face, and let your feet do the talking while your competitors get to walking.	6	7	6	8
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §1,380/day
	17:00 - 23:00		Pension: §394/day
			Bonus: §2,760
9) Flamenco Master
You've nearly made it. You've blown away all the competition in ballroom, and have risen to the rank of master of the dance! You now perform to sold out crowds of adoring fans. Agents are talking to you about perfume and clothing lines, and you've personally brought flamenco back to the masses. Keep you eyes on the prize, don't forget your roots, and focus on your art. Nobody likes a sell out, well, except all the people you are selling out to, and they tend to be able to afford concert tickets...	7	8	7	10
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §2,025/day
	16:00 - 22:00		Pension: §578/day
			Bonus: §4,050
10) World Class Ballet Dancer
You are now the pinnacle of dance; the ultimate combination of technical and artistic prowess. So what if half of the audience is asleep during every performance? You are an artist, and art for art's sake is just as important as art for the masses. You now dance for you and you alone, a fallen angel swirling majestically in a sea of frozen honey and swan down. You are nature. You are magic. You are light and dark and steel and softness, the embodiment of the human form... in tights.	9	9	9	12
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §2,950/day
	16:00 - 21:00		Pension: §632/day
			Bonus: §5,900

Dance Career Levels
1) Aerobics Instructor
And 1 and 2 and step and bend and move and slide and kick and stretch and 3 and 4 keep 'em moving keep 'em guessing. Keep your own body in shape and maybe one day your dream of becoming an aerobics instructor will come true.	0	0	0	0
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §62/day
	15:00 - 18:00
			Bonus: None
2) Backup Dancer
Here's your first opportunity to show your skills and hopefully hone your craft by working with veterans in the industry. It's still technically a starving artist position, but everyone has to start somewhere. Make sure you bring your 'A' game everyday because you never know when you'll be given that one opportunity to shine and impress someone.	1	0	0	1
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §85/day
	16:00 - 19:00
			Bonus: §425
3) Jazzercise Instructor
Why you left backup dancing to teach a workout class based on a 20 year old out-dated fad, you'll never know, but the world of dance moves in mysterious ways. Dust off that unitard, warm up the hair crimper, darn up those leg warmers and hit the hardwoods: it's time for some creativity and some pizzazz.	2	1	0	2
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §112/day
	16:00 - 19:00
			Bonus: §560

Dance Chance Cards
1) Aerobics Instructor
<Sim> is in the middle of a class, moving from group stretches to some step exercises, when he/she feels a slight twinge in his/her ankle. He's/She's not sure whether it's a momentary thing or an actual injury. His/Her class is excited and ready to go. Should <Sim> continue the class or not?	Continue the Class
	Success: Promoted to Backup Dancer	% chance
	Failure: Get Fired	% chance
	Cancel the Class
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -§215 (a day's pay)	% chance
2) Backup Dancer
The dressing room is buzzing with excitement as <Sim> arrives at work. It seems that lead dancer Shakey Shakum has fallen ill and one of the backup dancers will have to take over for tonight. This could be the big break <Sim> needs or simply an embarrassing attempt at something outside of his/her league. Should <Sim> volunteer to take over?	Volunteer
	Success: Promoted to Jazzercise Instructor	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	Let Someone Else do it
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: Demoted to Aerobics Instructor	% chance
3) Jazzercise Instructor
Teaching Jazzercise at a celebrity club has its advantages, especially when street dancing superstar Mister Infinity walks in. <Sim> has been working on some moves of his/her own outside of work. Should he/she bust them out for Mister Infinity or just lead the Jazzercise class as usual?	Bust a Move
	Success: Promoted to Pop 'n Lock Performer	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	Just Jazzercise
	Success: Promoted to Pop 'n Lock Performer	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
4) Pop 'n Lock Performer
Touring on the Infinity Tour with Mister Infinity has been eye-opening, to say the least. The entire dance world is on the cusp of a revolution. Mister Infinity and his cohorts are attempting to keep things old school while a group of young upstarts named New Dance order are proposing a shift to new school. <Sim> is going to have to pick a side. Which side will he/she pick?	Old School
	Success: Promoted to Dance Video Star	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	New School
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: Demoted to Jazzercise Instructor	% chance
5) Dance Video Star
<Sim> is preparing for the biggest video shoot of his/her life when he/she finds out that all his/her backup dancers are stuck in an airport many miles away! With no way to get new dancers quickly, he/she has two choices: have the video feature <Sim> as the only dancer or edit in lots of stock footage to cover the portions that would have featured backup dancers. Which one should he/she pick?	Feature <Sim>
	Success: Promoted to Interpretive Dancer	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	Stock Footage
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: Demoted to Pop 'n Lock Performer	% chance
6) Interpretive Dancer
<Sim> is finishing up his/her performance for the evening when he/she is approached by one of the audience members, who asks what a certain aspect of the performance is about. While <Sim> thinks it is about emotional repression, he/she also wants audience members to make their own interpretations. What should <Sim> tell the audience member?	Emotional Repression
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	Open to Interpretation
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
7) Tap Dancer
While attending a regional dance competition, <Sim> is approached by another dancer outside the tap division. The dancer's partner hasn't showed up and he needs someone to dance in order to compete. Unfortunately, it would be at the same time as the tap competition. Should <Sim> help him out or stick to his/her own division?	Help Other Dancer Out
	Success: Promoted to Ballroom Dancer	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	Stick to Tap
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
8) Ballroom Dancer
<Sim> has been dancing very well in competition when he/she is approached and offered a television gig. It's a reality show where <Sim> will be dancing with a supreme court justice. The premise sounds shaky but televised exposure could give a big boost to <Sim>'s career. Should he/she do it?	Take Offer
	Success: Promoted to Flamenco Master	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	Decline Offer
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
9) Flamenco Master
The Mayor's ball is coming up and <Sim> has a very important and public performance here. Every audience is slightly different and <Sim> is unsure whether to perform a more conservative dance, rooted in flamenco, or a more modern dance, borrowing from other styles. Which should he/she do?	Conservative
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	Modern
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
10) World Class Ballet Dancer
<Sim> has just finished performing when famous ballet dancer Mikey Birish challenges him/her to a ballet dance off to determine once and for all who the best ballet dancer in the world is. <Sim> accepts and Mikey says that <Sim> can determine the location. Where should the dance off be held?	Public Stage
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance
	Private Venue
	Success: +1	% chance
	Failure: -1	% chance

For more information on Chance Cards in The Sims 2, see Chance card.