Becoming the perfect technician in dance can become an obsession.
Therabands, stretching bands, blocks and merchandise, pushed at us. Improve your splits! Get ‘better’ feet! Work your turn out!
What if.
What. if…
we didn’t do all that.
What if we took
time
off. (Gasp!)
Outside of class, is where we must work on who we are. As artists, we need to draw from life experience. It is vital that we run in meadows, camp out in forests and socialize with non dancer friends. Do puzzles and even get bored. Yes. GET BORED.
Dancers have it drilled into us that working hard ‘enough’ is an unattainable goal. We hear it drilled into us that we should always be doing more.
I say NO!
NO! To your constant package opening on instagram!
Take time to do less.
The world always needs more artists, the world always needs creators, the world always needs people who are connected to real life, (and create a world with more time for NAPS). Rest is not something we earn.
Playing and resting are a birthright.
Now stop reading this and let’s go outside to nap in a hammock or play in the grass.
'Curioser and Curioser' {Alice} 
I love this!
Change needs to start with the full time schedules we follow as dancers! We need to cut back time in the studio enough to be able to go on those adventures and gain experience in life outside of the studio. Personally I feel a disconnect with non-dancers because I was at the studio 24/7 and even when I wasn’t I had no motivation to go out and do those things and meet new people. I felt uncomfortable around those people talking about what they did the night before and where they went on the weekend because I didn’t have those experiences.
Cut back training hours! It won’t hurt the students it will only help them grow!:)
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