Tag: expertise

  • 10 Years To Make A Dancer

    There is an adage that it takes 10 years to make a dancer. I heard that while I was training to be a professional dancer. Based on nothing but my own experience this seems to be a rough-and-ready truism with some validity to it. It took me 10 years to go from beginner to advanced/professional…

  • Why Ballet Isn’t Popular

    Dancing on stage for an audience is frightening. It removes the mirrored fourth wall and opens up a black cavern into the audience, one that is in the dark. They can see you, but you cannot see them, except for a vague outline of heads. Sometimes you can see only the glowing exit sign in…