Fun Friday Territory
In some places, dancers “claim” a
particular space, or territory at the barre. They often defend it vigorously if
this is not frowned upon by the management. This territorial behavior is so
common that dancers learn to ask “Is this someone’s space?” before parking
themselves and/or their stuff at the barre.
I’m not sure how I feel about this.
Humans are, by nature, creatures of habit – which is why dance training works
so well. We are more comfortable in a familiar space, so I understand why
dancers tend to gravitate to the same place every day. And most of us do.
But defending one’s space by asking (or
demanding) that someone move elsewhere shouldn’t happen. Kindness dictates that
something so trivial shouldn’t be cause
for bad behavior and if someone (usually a stranger or new student) inadvertently
stands in “your” space, it doesn’t hurt to let them.
Kindness and compassion rule.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #28c:
“Some dancers have their particular space at the
barre.”
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― Desmond Tutu
― Desmond Tutu
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