Saturday Excuse Statute
That’s right. There are no excuses in ballet. The word
excuse means to remove blame or release from obligation or duty. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines
excuse as: “to say that (someone) is not
required to do something”.
Dancers learn Ballet
Statute #67 early in their training: There
are no excuses in ballet. Just because a dancer feels tired, or sore, or
unhappy or whatever – they know these are not excuses for cutting class. That
brings up an important distinction. There are no excuses, but there may –
rarely - be reasons. A reason for missing class is something unavoidable,
unpredictable, etc., like illness, a car accident, or other similarly horrible
scenario that one doesn’t even want to think about.
Another old adage is “Excuses don’t get the job done”. And
this is so true in ballet!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #67:
“There are no excuses in ballet.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“He that is good for making excuses is
seldom good for anything else.”
― Benjamin Franklin
― Benjamin Franklin
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