What Do I Love…?
This is a question everyone should ask themselves. But let’s take it one step further. The question should be “What do I love to practice?”
Some researchers believe that no one is born with any
specific ability, and that any skill is achieved by practice. In an earlier blog I talked about how it
takes (again, according to research) about 10,000 repetitions of anything to
become skilled at it. That’s a whole lot
of time and effort – for a single skill – so one had better love the practice.
This is especially true for dancers who will spend the
majority of their dancing life at the barre and in the classroom – not on
stage. This holds true for many other
areas like writing, painting, etc., as well as non-art areas requiring a high
level skill set.
So ask yourself: “What
do I love to practice?”
From the Big Blue Beige Book of Ballet Statutes:
Secret #3:
“The majority of a
dancer’s life is spent in the classroom.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Practice makes the master.”
-
Patrick Rothfuss
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