June 3rd, 2008
To Dance Or Not To Dance - In Ballet Or Pointe Shoes
Students often used to ask me “should I pursue dance as a career?” My first thought was always - “if you can live without dance, do something else. If you can’t, then pursue it”.
Sometimes Dance just doesn’t let go! It may not be the practical choice for you. Yet it just doesn’t go away.
If you’re young, I would say dance now, because it is a physical training that needs to be done while you’re young. Especially ballet. That doesn’t mean flunk high school or anything, but I know that grades can be re-created at a community college, and an academic career can ensue from there. However, the physical ability that a younger person has is not there later.