 the male dancer
written by Tom             on 28.10. at 18:16:55 - as answer to: Re: Complete Klutz Contemplates Classes by Vestris2000>> But here is my problem. I am not kidding around when I say I am> the least coordinated, unathletic guy on the face of the earth. and Vestris2000 answered,>> Um, I sympathize, but in a klutz-off, I would win the golden> ass, believe me. I won't enter into a game of one-klutzmanship [grin], although Ithink I could make a pretty fair showing if we had one. (Eightyears of classes & still a beginner.) But if being a klutzdisqualified you for taking ballet classes, there'd be many fewerstudents than there are, and some adult-beginner classes mighthave to be cancelled altogether. The big problem in your first class is discouragement. Adultballet classes are rarely organized around a full term, witheverybody starting in the fall & progressing together. Adultssimply have too many competing responsibilities. So the classesare "drop-in" classes, and the first time you show up, you see allthose other "beginners" who are doing the most complicated thingswhile you stand there like ninny, utterly lost. Because of this,the attrition rate is horrendous. You just have to remember that, unless we started as children(which I didn't, BTW), we've all been in that same predicament.The only difference is that we've persevered. Even if you haveloads of talent, a lot depends on just dogged persistence. Onceyou've been taking classes for a while, you will notice that youaren't the only one having problems. That can be tremendouslyreassuring. I don't want to scare you off, but the alternative is to sit therelost & go away thinking the whole thing was a big mistake, & itwould be a pity if that happened. > At any of these three similar websites you will find much more> and better information than you are likely to receive from this> Parsimony board. Considering the quality of what I've seen from you lately, MrVestris, I hope you'll pardon my saying you're seriously under-valuing your own contributions. (Any relation to Gaetan Vestris(1729-1808), who gave dancing lessons to Samuel Johnson?) Tom Parsons Answers to this message:
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