A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.
I heard a lot in school, 'You've got a really great talent, but there's no way you're going to be a dancer with that body.'
A dancer's life is hard - it is so physically demanding, and at any moment, you could have an injury that could end your career.
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
You are an athlete if you are a dancer.
One is born to be a great dancer.
Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives, through adolescence, and while they are trying to work out who they are as people, never mind as a dancer. So train the whole person, not just the dancer.
For a performer, passion is far more important than technical skills. If a dancer's leg isn't at a perfect angle, I can see past that, but if someone's dead in the face, it's really boring.
Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.
A good dancer is an educated one, so don't abandon school.