That said, the reality is that a career as a “professional commercial dancer” is, at best just a few years. (You don’t see many 40-year-old dancers in performances.)

Add to that the highly competitive nature of the business, and you must realize just how difficult it is to be one of the few who makes a living at dancing.

My suggestion: pursue your dancing dream, and see where it takes you. But, have that accounting degree as a backup, just in case.

Good luck.

(PS: I had “baseballl dreams” when I was your age. The New York Yankees had other ideas about me, and I became a very successful writer and entrepreneur. One of the things I did in my 40s was to start the Mickey Mantle Fantasy Camp, where I got to meet many of the basebal heroes from my youth. It was there that I saw many retired baseball players who, after their retirement, had to go to work in “regular jobs.” I was surprised how many came to me for advice on how to get a career “like mine.” Lift is full of interesting twists. Looking back, I’m very glad that my life turned out the way it did. I would have been an average baseball player at best. Instead, I found a high level of success in my “second choice” field.