Dancer or Choreographer (ANZSCO 211112)
On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List
From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.
Which lists is Dancer or Choreographer on?
MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.
Visas this occupation can access
Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).
- Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) — Permanent, points-tested, no sponsor needed · all occupations for the 189
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) — Temporary, recent Australian graduates · all occupations for the 485
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Dancer or Choreographer comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Dancer or Choreographer is a Group C occupation — a Diploma-level qualification is the floor, lower than the Bachelor most codes in this family require. VETASSESS names its own suitable titles broadly (Ballet, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Street, Ballroom and Latin, and several other dance styles) and explicitly excludes Actor, Entertainer or Variety Artist, the performers' nec code, Dance Teacher (Private Tuition), and Dance Therapist. Applicants are advised to supply a showreel link as supporting material.
Where these applications come unstuck
VETASSESS's own page names the 'portfolio career' pattern directly: dancers 'often perform, choreograph and teach', and applicants must demonstrate performing or choreographing is their primary focus — if teaching genuinely dominates, the correct code is Dance Teacher (Private Tuition), outside this family entirely. Someone who splits their working week fairly evenly across all three activities has to build a case for which one is primary, not simply list all three and hope the assessor picks.
An honest read on this pathway
Dancer or Choreographer sits on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List, reaching six visas including 189, the points-tested independent visa — one of only two codes in this 36-occupation family that reaches 189 at all. That is a materially wider door than the ROL/494-only reach carried by Actor and Entertainer or Variety Artist, the two performing-arts titles most easily confused with it.
VETASSESS assesses qualifications and employment separately. Both need documentation that agrees with itself. The Employment History Builder and Document Vault organise each trail before you lodge.
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Related occupations
- Actor (211111)
- Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers nec (211199)
- Entertainer or Variety Artist (211113)
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