Yasmine Bint Al Nubia
Moderator
Hi Everyone, Have you've ever had a troupemate or student that constantly harps and picks other students apart, while not able to correct their own faults? How do you handle it?
Here's my rant: Tonght at troupe practice, dancer X continue to point out the "faults" of others during practice and I was beginning to become unnerved because she has been doing this type of stuff for the last 4 yrs. So she made a comment about my hip slide shimmy and hitting the mark before everyone else. Well I blew , I stopped the music and looked her dead in the eye and told her" I kow you are trying to help, but you are distracting me. IT DOES NOT HELP ME TO DANCE BETTER BUT CREATES UNNECESSARY TENSION! Well she got quiet and than apologized profusely and then said "i just wanted it to be perfect". I was like a pit bull with a mouth ful of meat and my reply was that "I'm not perfect and will never be and it would be better if she would pay attention to her own dance!" My teacher and other troupemates had smirks on their faces as we resumed practice.
The reason why I became so mad was that this was not the first time she has done this and she has managed to run aawy other dancers who didn't stand up for themselves. as a caution to other troupes, do not let this happen repeatedly until become ou tof control. Everyone of us have the right tobe able enjoy dance without the passive aggressive behavior of others. Now I'm done. Thanks for listening.
Yasmine
Here's my rant: Tonght at troupe practice, dancer X continue to point out the "faults" of others during practice and I was beginning to become unnerved because she has been doing this type of stuff for the last 4 yrs. So she made a comment about my hip slide shimmy and hitting the mark before everyone else. Well I blew , I stopped the music and looked her dead in the eye and told her" I kow you are trying to help, but you are distracting me. IT DOES NOT HELP ME TO DANCE BETTER BUT CREATES UNNECESSARY TENSION! Well she got quiet and than apologized profusely and then said "i just wanted it to be perfect". I was like a pit bull with a mouth ful of meat and my reply was that "I'm not perfect and will never be and it would be better if she would pay attention to her own dance!" My teacher and other troupemates had smirks on their faces as we resumed practice.
The reason why I became so mad was that this was not the first time she has done this and she has managed to run aawy other dancers who didn't stand up for themselves. as a caution to other troupes, do not let this happen repeatedly until become ou tof control. Everyone of us have the right tobe able enjoy dance without the passive aggressive behavior of others. Now I'm done. Thanks for listening.
Yasmine