Super Saturday Thinking Statute
Dance is largely “between the ears”. Check out my book “Dancing
Between the Ears” (shameless promotion). But it is true that how we think can
make or break us as dancers. Or as human beings for that matter.
Dancers tend to be driven, perfectionistic people. That
usually translates into “people who worry or obsess” and that means “negative
thoughts”. Scary. Very Scary.
It is what we think that produces (or doesn't produce) results. What
do you think about when you plié? Do you imagine going up? Or do you think about
all the things not to do in a plie (don’t lose turn-out, don’t sink, don’t
stick the seat out)? Or do you not think about it at all, since it is the first
exercise in most ballet classes and your mind is still all tangled up with
something that happened the night before. You get the point.
It works best to think
about what you want to do (rotate both legs, lift upward from the ears, engage
the abdominals) - not what you don’t want
to do (see list in previous paragraph above). I’ve blogged about this before. Thinking
this way is what makes things work. Then those things you thought were
difficult or impossible were neither once you understood how to think about
them.
So always remember today’s Ballet Statute: “It isn’t as difficult as you think, but how
you think can make it difficult.” This is a good adage for life, too.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #43:
“It isn’t as difficult as you think, but how you think can make it
difficult.”
Quote
of the Day:
““The discontent and frustration that you
feel is entirely your own creation.”
― Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free
― Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free
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