MEAN ballet teacher. Help!!!?
i was in the same situation as you! i too have been dancing for 10 years and i had this super mean teacher too! she would also pull out people and have them do the exercise again and again, or yell at you for the tiniest thing. she made me cry(it was super embarrassing because i hid in the bathroom and the older class students found me... they then called my mom over because i refused to go back to class). one time she said i was doing my Por De Bra improperly and had me stand against the wall and try to lean down (it was really embarrassing).but she knew her stuff. she was russian, from the kirov ballet too. i love ballet so much, but after her hard teachings i was starting to dread classes. my mom knew that she was mean, but she could not tell a boss or anything because my teacher and her husband(who was also a ballet teacher) owned the ballet. she asked me if i wanted to leave and go to another ballet, i thought about it a bit (i even checked out some other ballet studios) but i decided that i should stay. i wanted to stay because it would make me more experienced with a variety of teaching styles. if you are going to have a career in ballet then obviously you will work with or have some kind of teacher that is mean/a diva. so whenever my teacher yells at me i know that is just how she teaches, some ballet teachers use humor to show your mistakes, some are really nice, some are laid back and really dont teach you that much, while others just have a bad temper. personally i would rather have a tough teacher that actually teaches me things than one who is nice but does not correct your mistakes. so what im trying to say is just try to hold on and know that at least she is trying to make you guys better ballerinas (if not then she is just a phsyco). my mean teacher had some students that she just left alone and i guess catorgarized them as hopeless, she wouldnt yell at them, but she wouldnt help them improve either... so consider yourself lucky that your teacher believes you have potential! but if worse comes to worse, then you could switch schools as long as you keep up with your passion for dance! ~GRaCe aLOha
How do I talk my dance teacher into letting me choreograph my own routine?
I asked my dance teacher if I can choreograph my own routine to perform as a solo in this competition we have coming up (we go to competitions every 2-3 months). And she told me no! I don't get it! I choreographed my own routine at this other competition we did a couple of months ago and it won first place! But she told me no because she heard I said my choreography was better then hers which means one of the other girls in my class (and I know who it is) has a big mouth and plus that's not really what I said. I said that this was the first time I won first place and I should choreograph some of my own routines more often. But how do I convince her to let me choreograph a routine? My mom and my boyfriend are planning on attending this competition and I want to do my own routine and not hers.
My ballet teacher criticizes me a lot?
Congratulations. Whether you now it or not, you are your teacher's favorite and she thinks you have the most potential in the class. She is working on you and helping you perfect your technique. Teachers only do this with dancers they think have the most potential and talent. She isn't wasting time on the others who she thinks are not worth her efforts. In pre-professional schools, if you get no corrections it is the kiss of death from a teacher. Everyone is envious fo the dancer that gets every little thing picked on. It means she is working on you. If you take her corrections and incorporate them into your dancing, you will be a better dancer with cleaner and stronger technique. I know girls who will kill to have a teacher do that with them. You are a very lucky and most likely a talented dancer with a great deal of potential.
How do I tell my dance teacher I’m leaving?
I’ve been at the same dance studio for 2 years doing company. Lately I haven’t really wanted to go and have been thinking about quitting. We already started learning dances for competition and it’s only October, would it be bad for me to quit now? I’m having a hard time balancing school and dance so I really don’t want to do it anymore
Period in Ballet Class???
Menstrual cups - cups are internal like tampons but a lot better for many reasons, including that they hold a LOT more than tampons and don't leak like tampons, also they don't increase cramps as tampons can and can be worn for up to 12 hours - menstrual cups are a far better option than tampons in general, but especially if active too. If menstrual cups are out then softcups and tampons - judge your flow tomorrow before ballet class and insert the right absorbency, it is a matter of judging what absorbency will be best for you on that day or use a softcup which is safe with any flow. Then use a thin pad as back-up too (long-term invest in some period underwear that are basically like normal underwear but with absorbent and leak-proof layers so work like pads but without the bulk of pads).
My feet hurts way too much from ballet?
If you were put en pointe after only a year of training you are not in professional training that will give you a ballet career. The requirement for point work is way more than just strong ankles. In a good recreational ballet school it takes at least three years of taking three or more 90 minute ballet classes a week to be ready for pointe. In a serious professional level ballet school it takes way more training than that because dancers are held to a higher standard before you are allowed en pointe. Going up sooner doesn’t mean you have more talent or a quick learner or work harder. It just means poor training. It takes years to build the proper muscles for ballet. Look for a better teacher if you think you have a shot at a dance career. A school that will get you a shot at a ballet career will screen you for being born with the right body, facility and musicality for a ballet career or they won’t train you. They are almost exclusively an affiliate feeder school to a professional ballet company. The fact that your feet and knees are hurting should tell you that you aren’t strong enough. Pointe work hurts if a dancer is rushed into pointe shoes before they are ready. It hurts if you aren’t strong enough to lift up out if your shoes. Pointe work isn’t comfortable but it isn’t supposed to hurt. Please look for better training before you do permanent damage to your feet and knees. *Edit: I see from your other questions that you are currently in college. At your age and the fact that you can’t possibly be in college and train full time for the ballet leads me to conclude this is a made up question? You would also be way too old and too undertrained for your age for a ballet career if this isn’t made up. Btw, I saw your comment under Lizardmomma’s answer. You (and your supposed teacher from the Bolshoi) should know that a standard ballet class is 90 minutes not an hour. Six hours ( 6 classes a week) is considered recreational training. Serious students take 20-30 hours a week. That means 2-3 ballet classes a day 5/6 days a week. Add to that character class, pas de deux classes and variations classes plus a weekly modern class. If this isn’t a made up question then you really have been lead astray by a teacher posing as something they are not.
I want to tell my dance teacher something very personal. do you think this plan will work..?
i want to tell my dance teacher one of the big problems i am having at home. we have only known each other for like 3 dance lessons? but she is really really nice, i trust her alot. and i think she would be a good person to talk too. anyway i don't know how to start talking to her, like.. i cant just come up to her and randomly just tell her, i want her to ask me first like. should i act sad and stuff, and wait for her to say, are you okay? or, whats wrong? and then i tell her. cause that way it sounds much better, instead of me just coming up to her and saying can i please talk to you? i HATE that i don't feel comfortable doing it, and i wont do it. i want HER to start it off first. i had an idea. do you think this will work? ok so. we both are friends on bebo. and we have private mailed each other before, im not %100 sure what exact dance classes i am doing yet, so i was thinking of asking her, and saying, hey um so am i doing those exact jazz and lyrical classes or should i move up or down? then after she answers il be like, okay. um could i please ask you a quick question and shel be like sure. then il ask a question that is leading up to that. then eventualy il tell her. will this work, do you think?
What should I do if my dance teacher calls me out for not knowing combinations, making weird faces (from trying to remember), and constantly calling me or other students out in rude ways when I have memory loss on a wide scale?
Ask to talk privately with your dance teacher about your memory issues. The two of you need to work out a way for you to learn the combinations. One possibility is to videotape them and study them on your own time. You have a right to be treated with respect. At the same time, you need to show them that you’re willing to work hard on your own so that you can keep up with the other members of the class.
Help?? what should I do my dance teacher embarrassed me yesterday?
Ok so my dance teacher was talking and I was talking. she was waiting for everyone to be quiet and I was talking because I didn't see her telling the kids to be quiet. Then she pointed me out and told me that I shouldn't be talking because out of everyone else I need help,in front of everyone then some kids started laughing and I gave her an attitude then she said if I have something to say to her I should say it. then the dance teacher kept starring at me during dance time. I feel embarrassed what should I do?? i'm 14 years old by the way.
As a fourteen-year-old who's new to ballet, would I be able to get my pointe shoes before university?
I believe so. I’m not your teacher, so take this with a grain of salt.I started ballet young, then quit, but then I picked it back up when I was 11, much like you did. At this particular studio, it was required for all girls wishing to do Pointe to be 12. I had just started, so I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to start with the other girls when I turned 12.Fortunately, I was. I ended up having a few solos before I graduated which was really awesome and I hope every dancer has that experience.But my point is (pun intended), you have enough experience that, after about a year of taking ballet without Pointe, you should have enough skill to try Pointe.If I were you, I would talk to the teachers first, though. They would be able to tell you more definitely, but in my opinion, you’d be on Pointe before 16.