Wednesday, 30 September, 2009| Comments | Make A Comment | Share on Facebook
Is it your perfect technique? Is it your outstanding ability to stand on one leg and look stunning? Is it someone's captivating performance quality that makes you watch them when there's 20 other body's on stage? Perhaps its a combination of everything?
From the moment someone enters training it is DRILLED into them that, 'in three years we have to make you ready for the professional world.' Now a third year myself this message has never been drilled so hard. Everything, naturally, has been pushed to another level with praise and a little respect being taken away and replace with 'Army' like leaders, that wont let a single mistake go. Hard work and discipline is what makes you push harder, learn faster, respect what your trying to achieve, and show's you the boundrys and rules you can't cross. But does this mean daily rants on not pushing hard enough, not achieving what 'someone' else thinks you should be achieving, and how your not going to become a 'professional' fall into this category. This, in my eyes isn't discipline or tough love but merely crushing a persons soul and making them feeling in adequate.
One day I want to become a professional but I don't tick any box with full marks. My technique is not bad, my performance quality is better than average, but my ability to stand on one leg and look fabulous is slightly SHOCKING, (not going to lie,) but i know in my heart one day I will achieve what i have set out to do. I guess you'll never change what other's think, when everyone has the ability to reach their goals.
Andrew
