Last night I stumbled upon this article from Huffington Post, and found it so intriguing I knew I had to share it with all of you. The piece is written as a letter to the dance students of 2013 from “Your Dance Teacher”. Although I have never actually taught, I immediately related to the letter from a student’s point of view, and I’m sure many of you will too.
Ms. Beckford’s letter addresses the many emotional hardships dance students undertake as a result of “harsh” or seemingly unreasonable teaching techniques from their instructors (you’ve all heard of ballet teachers using canes, scarves and brute force to literally whip kids into shape, right?). However, instead of sympathizing with the discouraged or frustrated student as you might initially imagine, this letter expressly sides with the dance teachers of the world, explaining that they are merely trying to help in the only way…
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