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10 months ago (24 June 2012)
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Dancing is not for the weak.

You know, people are always underestimating dance. Like ‘Oh, that’s so much easier than this’ or ‘Anyone can do that.’ But there are so many components people don’t understand. 

What angers me the most is when athletic people who play sports say this. Okay, think about it loser. When a soccer player gets a mere kick in the shins THAT DOESN’T EVEN HURT IN REALITY he lies on the ground acting and pretending to be in pain and then he gets taken off the field and then the fucking referee gives a yellow card. Or if batter up gets hit in the arm by some bad pitch and then rubs his boo boo as he advances to first base even though he has so much muscle in his arm it only hurts partially. DANCERS HAVE TO HIDE THAT PAIN. Because it’s unprofessional of them to show it. In the dance world, it’s like if you’re in pain, get over it because so is everyone else. 

Continuing with pain, if a dancer is injured of course it’s best that he/she rest. But they can’t. Because the dance world is so competitive that if you’re not there 100% then someone else will take your spot without notice. In sports, you break a bone, you sit out, but you still have your job/position for some time. Speaking of competition, you also have this ugly hierarchy in a dance company that is inevitable. Yes, you are in one company but guess what there’s a BIG difference between a corps and a principal. 

And the fact that dancers have to endure all this shit with MINIMUM SALARY. The energy it takes to complete a whole show vs. LeBron James shooting one mothereffin’ hoop is a story on two completely different ends.

Since such a large percentage of the public seems to have ample amounts of respect for sports and not the arts, this brings up another point. Dancers get little to no recognition except for reviews on the NY Times or through the Internet. Very rarely do you see a dancer on TV being treated like a celebrity figure while all sports players out there are rich and getting wasted because they can do that with their lives and still somehow maintain their dignity which of course just doesn’t make sense to me at all.

Which brings up another topic, image and perception. Dancers really have to maintain healthy body image and weight without starving themselves which is why they are so careful to check what they eat. Some dancers don’t eat the night before a show so they can fit into a certain tutu or costume and still make the whole show look fantastic. Can athletes pull that off?

You know what, I think sports are great I really do. But when you show no respect for what I believe in and what I do when I show respect for your activities, you cross a very very fine line. Yes, dancers are in some respects athletes but they are ARTISTS. Wonderful and marvelously talented artists.

Dancing is not for the emotionally unstable. Dancing is not for the weak.

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