Hello all,
Here is a question that I would love to get opinions on.
My teacher, who became ill a few years ago forcing her to close her school and end her troup was a very important woman in my life. When she left, her husband took over the school and the whole thing went to hell. I will not go into details, but lets just say it was a bad end, one which never enabled me to see her again - (i ended up dissapointing her - but her husband was a real A.....)
Anyhow, this woman lived and breathed dance, and being nearly 60 she KNEW her field and was not just informative but passionate.
One day when we were working out a choreography for my solo, I asked her why she had stopped dancing. She told me that after years of training and performing she had begin her own school while studying with her instructor, and one day he (yes he-wish i could remember his name but he was huge in lebanon) anyhow, he told her that soon she would have to choose between being a dancer or a teacher, but to be great at one she would have to let the other go.
She though about what he had said and decided he was right. She stopped performing and focused only on teaching.
Now here is the thing, SHE WAS A FANTASTIC INSPIRATIONAL WOMAN, and to date I have not found a teacher that even comes close her talents.
So to keep my dancing going I too began to teach and still take on performance gigs here and there.
SO NOW THE QUESTION... Can a GREAT dancer be a GREAT Teacher at the same time or do you belive her instructor's logic and think one should choose one over the other.
I ask because I am the type of person who like and is good at anything I put my mind to and have so many abilities, I dabble in everything. But I want to be great, and I have been pondering this for a while now. If I stop performing would I become that GREAT teacher to someone that she was to me? If I stop teaching and forcus on dancing could I be that GREAT DANCER?
Tell me what you think
Assal
Here is a question that I would love to get opinions on.
My teacher, who became ill a few years ago forcing her to close her school and end her troup was a very important woman in my life. When she left, her husband took over the school and the whole thing went to hell. I will not go into details, but lets just say it was a bad end, one which never enabled me to see her again - (i ended up dissapointing her - but her husband was a real A.....)
Anyhow, this woman lived and breathed dance, and being nearly 60 she KNEW her field and was not just informative but passionate.
One day when we were working out a choreography for my solo, I asked her why she had stopped dancing. She told me that after years of training and performing she had begin her own school while studying with her instructor, and one day he (yes he-wish i could remember his name but he was huge in lebanon) anyhow, he told her that soon she would have to choose between being a dancer or a teacher, but to be great at one she would have to let the other go.
She though about what he had said and decided he was right. She stopped performing and focused only on teaching.
Now here is the thing, SHE WAS A FANTASTIC INSPIRATIONAL WOMAN, and to date I have not found a teacher that even comes close her talents.
So to keep my dancing going I too began to teach and still take on performance gigs here and there.
SO NOW THE QUESTION... Can a GREAT dancer be a GREAT Teacher at the same time or do you belive her instructor's logic and think one should choose one over the other.
I ask because I am the type of person who like and is good at anything I put my mind to and have so many abilities, I dabble in everything. But I want to be great, and I have been pondering this for a while now. If I stop performing would I become that GREAT teacher to someone that she was to me? If I stop teaching and forcus on dancing could I be that GREAT DANCER?
Tell me what you think
Assal