Hi
I am considering get a pair of Gaynors. Anyone have any remarks or comments on them?
I currently wear Grishko Elites.
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Submitted by deadpetrocks: Mirror Mirror Mirror
I can’t look in the mirror. Honestly. I am seventeen and I have been dancing for three years. I recently graduated to pointe in November 2010 and I still cannot look at myself properly in the mirror. I can barely turn. It’s my greatest worry and I need help getting over it. Partially its because I still doubt myself as a dancer because I don’t ‘look’ like one. Also, I always fear that when I look into the mirror I’ll realize how ‘bad’ I may be.
Help. I may not be on the road to NYCB or Bolshoi but I do intend to dance and incorporate the art for the rest of my life.
I worry about looking in the mirror too. I don’t look like a dancer AT ALL. But i think you’ll be surprised when you look in the mirror because sure at first you might not like 99% of what you see, but the other 1% of the time you’ll look and be like “wow…that was beautiful. i can’t believe i did that!” and then you’ll mimick that next time, and then incorporate that into other parts of your dancing, and then you’ll like 2% of what you see, and then 3, 4, 5, 6 percent…and up until you’re comfortable critiquing yourself. It might never be perfect or easy, but you’ll be more confident just by seeing that sometimes you dance in a way that you like.
The best thing I’ve heard is something music teacher of mine said to me: “As we become more experienced and learn more about our art, we become less secure with ourselves and what we are doing. Our confidence in our abilities is supposed to go up as we learn, but most of the time it goes down because now that we know what to do to improve, we’re afraid we aren’t doing it right. Which just makes us worse. You have to trust yourself.” -Hakan Rosengren.
Try to trust yourself. Don’t worry about being the best in the class or looking ugly. Just put your whole heart into what you’re doing and let it feel natural, because even if you’re doing it wrong as long as you look natural or like you know what you’re doing nobody will criticize you. They might say “try doing this instead” but they won’t say, NO, that looked awful. Because loving dance always looks beautiful, and it always translates in motion.
I know you’re a great dancer. Work to better yourself without having expectations of yourself. And check back in.
Does anyone else have words of wisdom for this beautiful ballerina!?
