DANCE MAJORS

My name is Ryker Laramore. I was born in Tallahassee, Florida in 1997. I’m currently an undergraduate freshman at Florida State University studying psychology. I’ve created this website as a project for my freshman english class and as a hub of information about dance majors; however, I have been questioning if I should switch majors to study dance at FSU. Even though most serious dancers start when they are just three years old, I started dancing at the age of ten with ballet basics and some technique as anyone else would. Dancing really grew on me, and I really grew in dance which caused me to want to further my dedication to the competition level the following year. My next accomplishment was becoming the first male to audition and make it on to the Leon High School Dance Team. I had to resign as captain and from the team in the middle of my senior year to spend more time at my studio, Dance Fusion Studios here in Tallahassee, Florida. I’ve been to 3 competitions with DFS and just won the 2015 Champion Title of Mr. Nexstar at a competition in Lakeland, Florida. These achievements and past 8 years of devoting my life to dance really mean a lot to me. I still dance 10-20 hours a week, but the transition into the laborious college lifestyle has taken its toll. The idea of paying a lot of money to sit in some classrooms to receive a bachelors degree in a field I am unsure on working in was fine in the beginning, but students should be spending time on what they love in college or educate themselves in the field they plan to work in. The stigmas and bits of rumors I have heard made me very unsure if switching to a dance major would be worth all of the time, effort, and expenses. As an outsider, I want to find out exactly: is becoming a dance major worth it?