Guest Balletstar13 Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 If i never took ballet classes and i am an intermediate ballet dancer should i take lessons if i want this to become a career?? Thanx, Balletstar13:confused: Quote Link to comment
Swanilda Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 You can't possibly be any kind of ballet dancer until you take some classes. So if you are remotely imagining any kind of dance career, take some classes! Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted April 16, 2003 Administrators Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 Hello balletstar, welcome to the Young Dancers' forum on Ballet Alert! Online. As Swanhilda said, I'm afraid that you are confused in thinking you are a ballet dancer if you have not studied ballet. If you really love to dance and want to be a ballet dancer, then I suggest that you immediately start classes at the best possible school you can find. You will need as many classes as possible in order to catch up to your age level in technique. I'm delighted that you are so enthusiastic and I know you wish to be helpful, but in your other 3 posts today you are offering advice. Advising is done by the moderators here, as this is not a chat board and the moderators are professional teachers. Most certainly someone with no training in classical ballet could possibly be qualified to offer advise on ballet technique. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
Rubies Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Balletstar13: You say your are an intermediate ballet dancer. Did you mean intermediate dancer? Or did you "place" into an intermediate ballet class because of age or other dance experience? Do you take other forms of dance? If you aspire to become a professional ballet dancer, definitely enroll in classes at a good school. Even if you decide to pursue another form of dance, the ballet training that you receive will always support your overall dance training. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment
Rubies Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Ms. Leigh: I think that your response to Balletstar13was harsh. Her responses were regarding arms, hands&fingers, etc. This is universal dance technique, not specifically ballet technique, and it didn't appear that she was giving bad or hurtful advice. Many other people give advice on these boards who are not moderators or teachers. Also, most message boards on the internet (and especially for young adults and children) are maintained in a chat-type of atmosphere. If you don't want this type of atmosphere on your board, then don't establish a forum for young people. If you do want a board for young dancers, then go with the flow and allow them to type, respond, and comment like kids! -Ruby W. Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted April 22, 2003 Administrators Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Rubies, I'm very sorry that you felt that I was harsh, however balletstar13 announced that she had never had ballet classes and then proceeded to offer advice. We do not feel that it is appropriate for 13 year old untrained dancers to be giving advice to trained dancers. Secondly, this is NOT a chat board. We are well aware that there are lots of chat boards out there, but this is a moderated forum, and is run quite differently from the others. I'm sorry if you don't care for that idea, but thats why there are different places for different people. We feel that questions about technique should be addressed by professionals and that is how we do it here. Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Ruby - It has come to my attention that you have posted in Young Dancers 13-16, Young Dancers 16-22, Ballet Moms and Dads, and in General Discussion. Now General Discussion is open to everyone, and I suppose that if you were 16 years old on the nose, that you might have a little leeway about which group of Young Dancers you belong to, but I think it a low order of probabilities that you are a Young Dancer and also a mom, and an even lower order of probabilities that you are a dad! What say we discover what affinity group we belong to and confine our input to that, eh? Quote Link to comment
Guest twas a delight Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Ruby, I think part of the vehemence that backed Ms. Leigh's original response came from the bias that we've all dealt with at some point - the assumption that what we do as dancers is easy and could be done by anyone. I know I've faced complacently ignorant people who don't understand how much work and pain goes into what we do to create the beautiful, seemingly effortless final product. Because of my experience with this, which I admit has created a bias in my mind, the original post in this thread seemed arrogant to me. It shouldn't have, because I believe the author had no idea that she was being offensive and because nothing in her post was purposefully so, but because of my bias I think I subconsciously connected her harmless post to those original ignorant and hurtful people. Ms. Leigh? Am I at all on target here? Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted April 23, 2003 Administrators Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Well, I'm not so sure the original post was so "harmless", as this poster later reappeared as a "teacher", although began immediately posting on the YD board! This was a very angry young person. However, I really do not think that there was any vehemence in my response either! ;) Quote Link to comment
Guest twas a delight Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 Maybe not vehemence so much as finality. I think I know the "teacher" you're referring to - that was the same person? Hmm... Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted April 23, 2003 Administrators Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 That's what makes this board very different from some of the others, twas a delight ;) On some boards anyone can say anything and get away with it, whereas here we are not going to accept someone coming in and telling others how to do things when they have had no training and experience and are 13 years old! If they want a chat board, then go to the other boards! By the way, the post at the beginning of this thread was not the problem with this poster, although I really do not believe that it was sincere, as I don't think any 13 year old is that totally clueless. The problem was that she made 3 other posts on other threads where she was advising people. :eek: Quote Link to comment
Guest twas a delight Posted April 23, 2003 Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 There was no vehemence at all in your last post, Ms. Leigh. Definitely none at all. :cool: I'm proud 'n' glad to be so well cared-for. Thanks bunches. Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted April 23, 2003 Administrators Report Share Posted April 23, 2003 That's why we're here Thank you for appreciating it! :cool: Quote Link to comment
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