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Submitted by Andy Eubanks on 10 December 2008 - 10:30pm.
For the longest time I have seen the art turn into a frivolous hobby no one took seriously, and even worse is that the BEST dancers who were naturally equipped to do it so beautifully were the ones who were slacking off and coming in to class whenever they wanted. To make the matter even worse, they had no ambitions of even pursuing dance in their life after high school! What I wouldn't GIVE to be able to have their ability and source of funds we know as parents!
Now before I went into directing my own studio, I had noticed that other directors and owners were more concerned with earning good money rather than implementing formidable habits. Therefore students would show up 5 minutes late to class due to homework, or after school activities, or not having had lunch yet. It was rather disappointing to me that these excuses were acceptable, more so now, because when I was training seriously (with Mr. Dak Eubanks) I had always been on time, I never complained, I was always warming up or rehearsing prior to my scheduled time, which to this day affords me compliments from directors and choreographers that I have worked with.
I believe the discipline in dance has become a dying art! It's rather sad! I LOVED being at ballet class at 8 in the morning sometimes (I know it sounds die- hard) but it pushed me not only to be a good dancer but to have no less of an expectancy of myself in any other area of my life. Sure, accidents occasionally happen I admit, but this is why we need to take all necessary precautions!
Submitted by Adam Parson on 6 December 2008 - 9:06am.
"If you are late you rehearsal, youll be late to the job, I cant take that chance, your fired" - This happened on a Pepsi commercial that I shot a while ago, the famous choreographer, let this dancer(not me!) go for being 5 minutes late on the first day! Ouch! Lesson learned!
exactly! what about coming early to warm up? I can't walk into class and jump right into plies. I need to warm up my hips before the warm up:) You're body will thank you for it when you get older:)
Submitted by Laura Fremont on 3 November 2008 - 12:11pm.
When I took class at the Graham school (way back when), it was expected that the dancer be in the room at least 10 minutes before the class began...that was considered "on time". It was customary for the dancer to be in place, ready to begin class with reverence for the work to come and respect for the teacher to arrive. When the teacher came in to the room, every dancer stood up in a neutral parallel position and waited for instruction to begin.
To be on time demonstrates self respect. The body is the dancers' instrument, it is the medium for content.
Absolutely! The saying "to be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late" was always drilled into my head. Many people figure that as long as they're walking through the door at the scheduled time that this is enough, but most people (especially dancers) require preparation time. So, in order to start on time, one should typically be early.
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For the longest time I have
For the longest time I have seen the art turn into a frivolous hobby no one took seriously, and even worse is that the BEST dancers who were naturally equipped to do it so beautifully were the ones who were slacking off and coming in to class whenever they wanted. To make the matter even worse, they had no ambitions of even pursuing dance in their life after high school! What I wouldn't GIVE to be able to have their ability and source of funds we know as parents!
Now before I went into directing my own studio, I had noticed that other directors and owners were more concerned with earning good money rather than implementing formidable habits. Therefore students would show up 5 minutes late to class due to homework, or after school activities, or not having had lunch yet. It was rather disappointing to me that these excuses were acceptable, more so now, because when I was training seriously (with Mr. Dak Eubanks) I had always been on time, I never complained, I was always warming up or rehearsing prior to my scheduled time, which to this day affords me compliments from directors and choreographers that I have worked with.
I believe the discipline in dance has become a dying art! It's rather sad! I LOVED being at ballet class at 8 in the morning sometimes (I know it sounds die- hard) but it pushed me not only to be a good dancer but to have no less of an expectancy of myself in any other area of my life. Sure, accidents occasionally happen I admit, but this is why we need to take all necessary precautions!
"If you are late you
"If you are late you rehearsal, youll be late to the job, I cant take that chance, your fired" - This happened on a Pepsi commercial that I shot a while ago, the famous choreographer, let this dancer(not me!) go for being 5 minutes late on the first day! Ouch! Lesson learned!
exactly! what about coming
exactly! what about coming early to warm up? I can't walk into class and jump right into plies. I need to warm up my hips before the warm up:) You're body will thank you for it when you get older:)
When I took class at the
When I took class at the Graham school (way back when), it was expected that the dancer be in the room at least 10 minutes before the class began...that was considered "on time". It was customary for the dancer to be in place, ready to begin class with reverence for the work to come and respect for the teacher to arrive. When the teacher came in to the room, every dancer stood up in a neutral parallel position and waited for instruction to begin.
To be on time demonstrates self respect. The body is the dancers' instrument, it is the medium for content.
Be well in your dance!
Absolutely! The saying "to
Absolutely! The saying "to be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late" was always drilled into my head. Many people figure that as long as they're walking through the door at the scheduled time that this is enough, but most people (especially dancers) require preparation time. So, in order to start on time, one should typically be early.
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