Comments on: Ballet cross-training: Best out-the-class ideas for in-the-class performance https://bodymindballet.com/ballet-cross-training-best-out-the-class-ideas-for-in-the-class-performance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ballet-cross-training-best-out-the-class-ideas-for-in-the-class-performance Knowledge to dance, inspiration to fly. Sun, 08 Jun 2014 15:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Robynn Burls https://bodymindballet.com/ballet-cross-training-best-out-the-class-ideas-for-in-the-class-performance/#comment-18513 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:53:57 +0000 http://bodymindballet.com/?p=1110#comment-18513 Hi Jo, I’m so sad to hear about your discouraging experience. While I’m not a ballet teacher and therefore not the best qualified to answer your question, I can tell you from my own experiences that body shape, size, height and even age has nothing to do with Cecchetti exam criteria. If your daughter loves to dance, that is the only criteria that should matter.

Roughly speaking though, I’ve found that ballet teachers vary on what I call the joy-perfection scale: there are teachers who focus mostly on the joy of dance, opening their studios to anyone with a passion for ballet; and there are teachers who focus almost exclusively on technical perfection, narrowing their studio down to only the most promising candidates working towards a professional on-stage career. And then there are teachers somewhere in the middle. There’s no right or wrong here, just what’s right for you and your daughter.

Short answer: It sounds like it’s time to find a new teacher who values the joy of dance a little more than your current teacher does. Best of luck and let us know how it goes.

]]> By: Jo https://bodymindballet.com/ballet-cross-training-best-out-the-class-ideas-for-in-the-class-performance/#comment-18510 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:33:35 +0000 http://bodymindballet.com/?p=1110#comment-18510 My daughter has been dancing ballet since grade 1, now that she started grade 7 her ballet teacher has just told me that my daughter does not have the correct body for ballet and that she struggles to work with her body type. She has also informed me that she will not be able to enter my daughter for any further Cachetti exams. Is this acceptable. Please advise.

]]> By: Robynn Burls https://bodymindballet.com/ballet-cross-training-best-out-the-class-ideas-for-in-the-class-performance/#comment-13973 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:45:22 +0000 http://bodymindballet.com/?p=1110#comment-13973 Thanks Brenda, it’s great to have your feedback. There are certainly more articles on ballet fitness and cross-training still to come on BodyMindBallet too.

]]> By: Brenda Hunter https://bodymindballet.com/ballet-cross-training-best-out-the-class-ideas-for-in-the-class-performance/#comment-13755 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 08:35:09 +0000 http://bodymindballet.com/?p=1110#comment-13755 As a ballet teacher I would appreciate reading your articles.

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