Fun Friday Fallacies
Ballet, like so many other areas, has
its own set of fallacies. The word fallacy
means “a false or mistaken idea” according to Merriam-Webster.
Beware of these false ideas! They seem
to appear on days when one is feeling unmotivated or discouraged. Don’t let
them filter into your brain!
Here’s one: you can’t be a ballet dancer if you started training late. Well!
I’ll put that one to rest right now. I started at age fourteen, generally
considered to be too late, and I had a career as a ballet dancer. That being
said, many of these fallacies have some basis in truth but get twisted. If you
start dancing very late – in your thirties for example - you probably won’t be
a performing ballet dancer. But! You could still be a choreographer or teacher
or both.
Here’s another one: if you’re not naturally flexible, you’ll never have good extension. Another
fallacy. Unless there is a structural abnormality, good extension comes with time and practice.
There are probably hundreds of these
fallacies. If you’d like to read about someone who overcame fallacies
and nay-sayers, read about Misty Copeland here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/unlikely-ballerina
What fallacies have you heard?
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #21uu:
“There are many fallacies in ballet.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“The more
intense the belief, the less likely that reason and evidence can dislodge
it.”
― Linda Elder Richard Paul, The Thinker’s Guide to Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery and Manipulation
― Linda Elder Richard Paul, The Thinker’s Guide to Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery and Manipulation
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