Mad Monday Micro
Dancers are a highly motivated lot. They
usually don’t need to be beaten down mentally in order to work at maximum
potential. Unfortunately, this is often exactly what happens. This comes from a
long tradition of teachers and directors holding the belief that saying
something –anything - nice leads to a
lazy dancer. I have never known this to be the case, and fortunately things are
beginning to change in the dance world.
Dancers learn to accept constructive criticism on a
daily basis, and that’s good and helps them improve. But often this constant
dosing of “what needs to be fixed” leads to self micro-managing. And this often
leads to depression – still a sad secret in the dance world.
Here is an article that addresses this
issue: https://www.dancemagazine.com/why-are-we-still-so-bad-at-addressing-dancers-mental-health-2466177083.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
One quote from this article is this: “Feeling like you want to quit is a common
symptom of depression, according to Dr. Goonan. It does not necessarily mean that
you will, or should stop dancing.”
I’m sure there are many dancers that
need (or needed) to hear this.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #21zz:
“Avoid micro-managing yourself.”
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Quote of the Day:
“Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.”
-
Anne Wilson
Schaef
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