People working in the realm of social-recreational dancing see themselves in different ways. It's not clear what percentage see themselves primarily in terms of one facet or another.
To use dance teaching as example,
- many see themselves as primarily dance teachers, who choose to do that teaching by means of a business. In contrast,
- some see themselves as primarily businesspeople, who choose to do that business by means of dance teaching.
In relation to Social-Recreational Dance 'Industry', the key issue is that an industry association, aka trade association, is business oriented. An industry association is not a professional association.
The premise of an industry association is that the businesses which they serve already know how to perform the profession, craft and trade aspects of the enterprise; and that the task of the industry association is to focus on the business aspects.
The premise of a professional association is that the persons and businesses which they serve already know how to perform the business aspects of the enterprise; and that the task of the professional association is to focus on the profession, craft or trade aspects of the enterprise.
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