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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Sunday Mistakes



Sunday Mistakes

Dancers are some of the most highly motivated people on the planet. But this very fact often causes problems. That’s because dancers want to be perfect.

Perfection, by definition is: “being entirely without fault or defect" according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. And, of course, we know this is not achievable. We can only get close.

Which brings me to today’s thought to consider: Don’t be afraid to make mistakes in class. Class is where you hone your skills and is, hopefully, a supportive place where you can work on your skills, making them as perfect as possible. And to do this you will make mistakes. So make them! If you are balancing and fall in one direction it teaches you how to correct your placement by moving your alignment further in the opposite direction, etc.

Dancers who fear making mistakes tend to hold back and not use their energy effectively, which holds back progress. This fear effectively puts the brakes on, the dancer plateaus, and doesn't move forward.

Be bold! Embrace your mistakes as a roadmap to greater technique.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Motivational Secret #127:
“Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.”

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“By seeking and blundering we learn.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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