Wonderful Wednesday Plateaus
What is a plateau?
The first definition involves geography:
“a area of relatively level high ground”; but I am concerned with the
second definition: “a state of little or no change following a period of activity or
progress.”
Dancers will encounter plateaus in their technical progress
throughout their dancing life.
It is disheartening, to say the least.
It is as though a brick wall has been encountered, and no amount of work
or sweat seems to make it surmountable.
Take heart! This is normal.
And not only that, these plateaus periods happen to professional dancers too. The important lesson here is to recognize
them, and keep working anyway. The
plateaus will be overcome.
The problem happens when this phenomenon is not recognized
and the dancer begins thinking negatively:
I have no talent; it will never get better; etc… So don’t fall into this trap. Keep on pursuing your dancing goals, work
through the plateau periods and understand that each one will gradually
disappear.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #7cc:
“ Remember that plateaus in technique are normal – just keep on
working.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“When we make progress quickly, it
feeds our emotions. Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a plateau,
we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see things
through to the finish or quit.”
-
Joyce Meyer
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