AI exposure: Dancers
Perform dances. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for video recording.
Reading this score
computedAt 11.5% of weighted task load, Dancers sits at the 17th percentile, below the point where a job's centre of gravity has moved. 84.2% of what this role does is untouched, meaning current systems cannot produce that work at all, whatever the commercial incentive.
What holds the line here is embodiment. Across this occupation's 14 tasks it averages 2.54 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work has to happen in physical space. A language model cannot move matter. Until the robotics to do this work is both good enough and cheap enough to deploy widely, capability in software does not reach it.
The most exposed thing this job does is Monitor the field of dance to remain aware of current trends and innovations, at 86.7%. The least is Prepare pointe shoes, by sewing or other means, for use in rehearsals and performance, at 0.0%. A gap of 86.7% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within arts, design, entertainment, sports and media occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 38.5% across the group's 40 roles, with 37 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 14 tasks, 2 are currently banded exposed, 0 assisted and 12 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take robotics cheap and reliable enough to deploy at scale, not a better language model. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 0.71 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 2.54 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 2.39 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 0.00 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.46 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 0.29 | 0-3 |
Task by task
14 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor the field of dance to remain aware of current trends and innovations. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 3.36 | exposed |
| Attend costume fittings, photography sessions, and makeup calls associated with dance performances. | 57.5% | 17.5% | 25.0% | 3.67 | exposed |
| Perform in productions, singing or acting in addition to dancing, if required. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 4.27 | untouched |
| Teach dance students. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 3.22 | untouched |
| Devise and choreograph dance for self or others. | 10.0% | 15.0% | 75.0% | 2.89 | untouched |
| Study and practice dance moves required in roles. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.51 | untouched |
| Harmonize body movements to rhythm of musical accompaniment. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.37 | untouched |
| Train, exercise, and attend dance classes to maintain high levels of technical proficiency, physical ability, and physical fitness. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.29 | untouched |
| Coordinate dancing with that of partners or dance ensembles. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.26 | untouched |
| Develop self-understanding of physical capabilities and limitations, and choose dance styles accordingly. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.12 | untouched |
| Perform classical, modern, or acrobatic dances in productions, expressing stories, rhythm, and sound with their bodies. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.12 | untouched |
| Collaborate with choreographers to refine or modify dance steps. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.11 | untouched |
| Audition for dance roles or for membership in dance companies. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.04 | untouched |
| Prepare pointe shoes, by sewing or other means, for use in rehearsals and performance. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.69 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.
What this means in practice
Most of this work is not reachable by current systems, so the immediate pressure is on the administrative edges of the role rather than its core: the scheduling, the reporting, the written records. That is where time is recovered.