Q: As you continue in your career as professional dancer, you'll need to learn how to audition. Auditions can help you lead roles in dance companies as well as individual performances. If you want to make money as a professional ballerina, you'll need to move to a bigger city like New York in order to succeed.Be Happy After Losing a Competition.  Make sure to enjoy yourself as your audition. Love of the craft is necessary to succeed in ballet and a panel will want to hire a dancer that conveys passion on stage. Even though the event will be stressful, try to enjoy dancing.  Find ways to show your personality. Being yourself can help set you apart from other dancers. If you're allowed to select your own routine, pick moves that capture your unique personality.  Try your best not to panic on stage. If you make a minor mistake or misstep, how you recover from that in audition speaks volumes to your skills as a dancer. Try to stay calm and keep going even if you screw up during a routine.  Even low-stakes local performances have an audition process. Even if you just want to perform for fun, you'll likely have to audition at some point. If you're dancing professionally, you may be asked to tour with a dance company at some point in your career. This means moving from place to place for months on end with a group of other dancer. Make sure you're prepared for this commitment. Camaraderie is important to ballet. You'll be living with, touring with, eating with, and performing with a core group of dancers. You need to learn to get along with others. Try to form solid bonds with anyone in your dance company. Being a professional ballerina takes an incredible amount of work. Schedules are long and the physical and emotional demands are intense. If you want to become a professional ballerina, prepare for a tough schedule.  Oftentimes, ballerinas end up enduring 10 hours of physical exercise each day. You may take class at 9 am and spend the remainder of the day rehearsing for shows. You'll need to work on maintaining a good sleep schedule to have the energy required to be a professional ballet dancer.  On performance days, your schedule will be even longer. You'll need to get up earlier to rehearse and then go to bed later. A dancer's life can be somewhat lonely at times because there's little room for socialization. However, many dancers from close-knit bonds with other professionals.
A: Audition. Tour. Prepare for a grueling schedule.

Q: Some animals will just never get along. If you already have a dog, think carefully before introducing a cat to your house. No matter how badly you may want a new furry friend, it is unfair to both animals to make such a big change without knowing how it could affect their quality of life. The American Humane Society suggests that a dog that becomes aggressive in the presence of a calm, still cat, or utterly loses her ability to concentrate on anything else, will probably never be able to live peacefully with a cat. This is a difficult, sometimes impossible behavior to train, and if you are relatively inexperienced you may be in over your head. There are many professional dog trainers who can help assess your dog’s limits, and work with you to develop a more detailed strategy. This will likely be a slow process. Do not expect too much too soon, and do not be surprised if your animals exhibit animosity or fear. Puppies and kittens that grow up together have the best chance of getting along as adults. If your dog is already fully grown, consider getting a kitten instead of a cat. A kitten is less likely to be afraid of a dog, or to trigger your dog’s chase instincts by scampering. If you know someone who has a particularly even-tempered cat, or one that is already used to dogs, ask if you can bring your dog over for a controlled test. This will give you an idea of how difficult it will be to get your dog used to living with a cat. If you are certain you want to bring a cat into your home, start by bringing in things that smell like the cat—grooming supplies, beds, etc. Bring things like baby gates, litter boxes, food bowls, and scratching posts into your house before the cat, to give your dog time to get used to these objects.
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Be realistic. Don’t hesitate to seek help. Keep your expectations reasonable. Start young. Do a test run. Build up to it.