There are plenty of studios out there that teach classes for kids that don't focus on such negative things. I never experienced any of that growing up. Kids can definitely take dance classes for fun without having to deal with that. I would never deprive my kids of dance classes just on the worries and stereotypes that surround it. If I felt there was a problem with their instruction, I would simply just find another studio.
It tends to happen more with ballet than with anything else. The feeling I got from my friends at the Conservatory was that the modern teachers tended to be less obsessive about being "skinny" and more about being strong and healthy. At the BoCo, dance majors had to do both modern and ballet, but could concentrate more on whichever they preferred/were better at. So there were the "modern dancers" and the "balletrinas"- the latter group was the one with all the eating disorders and frighteningly skinny girls. All of my modern friends were healthy, fit girls who ate normally.
and i meant, seriously, there is no "boy" way to eat and that your generalizations about "boy" eating habits are so stereotypical and laughable as to (just barely) save them from being offensive.
My goodness, I did not intend for this thread to get so carried away. I shouldn't have even commented. I wasn't intending to offend anyone, but clearly I have, so to ensure that it never happens again, I won't be posting again.
I think you got the 105 lbs. from me. This has come up in the past & i mentioned I had to stay under 105 lbs. I'm a hair over 5' and they preferred I stayed below 100 lbs. particularly because my undancer-like build made me look heavier next to the others.
The horror stories generally only apply to students in pre-professional dance & professional dancers. Classes that are geared towards 'recreational' dancers are very different, much more relaxed and fun.
That was me. I was told early on in my training that I could never be a ballerina - I didn't have the right body & my style was "too masculine & aggressive". They steered me towards modern dance, which was equally demanding but very different (I still had to take everything else under the sun too - moreso than those in ballet), but 20 years ago they were just as strict about our weight regardless of what our focus was. That appears to have changed alot in the last decade, especially how one eats to maintain their weight.
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There are plenty of studios out there that teach classes for kids that don't focus on such negative things. I never experienced any of that growing up. Kids can definitely take dance classes for fun without having to deal with that. I would never deprive my kids of dance classes just on the worries and stereotypes that surround it. If I felt there was a problem with their instruction, I would simply just find another studio.
It tends to happen more with ballet than with anything else. The feeling I got from my friends at the Conservatory was that the modern teachers tended to be less obsessive about being "skinny" and more about being strong and healthy. At the BoCo, dance majors had to do both modern and ballet, but could concentrate more on whichever they preferred/were better at. So there were the "modern dancers" and the "balletrinas"- the latter group was the one with all the eating disorders and frighteningly skinny girls. All of my modern friends were healthy, fit girls who ate normally.
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry.
I think you got the 105 lbs. from me. This has come up in the past & i mentioned I had to stay under 105 lbs. I'm a hair over 5' and they preferred I stayed below 100 lbs. particularly because my undancer-like build made me look heavier next to the others.
The horror stories generally only apply to students in pre-professional dance & professional dancers. Classes that are geared towards 'recreational' dancers are very different, much more relaxed and fun.
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