A mother worries about her dancing daughter; the director of the ballet school her daughter attends has said that her strength is her personality and the fact that people like to watch her dance. Will it make up for the fact she is not the most technical dancer? And that she has a good-enough but not ideal ballet body?
If everyone is doing the same steps and shouldn't they all presumably look the same? Is personal charisma something that any child can learn or develop?
When your dancing daughter or son has a wonderful quality to their work that is unique to them, they truly have a gift. Anyone with the right physique can learn ballet, but when eyes are drawn to a dancer it puts her/him apart from many of the other dancers. Many dancers spend years in the corp de ballet because they are excellent dancers, but their gift, ironically, is blending in. They just don't have an extra spark or magnetism that draws people's attention to them.
It is wonderful when a child is accepted into a professional ballet career training program when they don't have the perfect ballet body but their personal charisma is so obvious to those holding the auditions.
I always hope these gifted performers never eye the perfect ballet bodies that do show up in professional ballet schools and feels lesser-than in some way.
Less charismatic dancers who later in their training take some acting lessons will blossom in a way that their teachers may not have expected them to. And some become more noticeable just because they grow up and develop confidence.
One way to increase your child's confidence is to get them THE BALLET BIBLE.
(And remember to get The Parents Manual for f*ree!)
A ballet parents journal for 'my dancing daughter' who wants a professional ballet career. Pointe shoes, ballet slippers, eating disorders, stress, and how to give your child the best help to learn beginner pointe shoe exercises, ballet foot control, pointe shoe sizing, and prevent ballet injuries.
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