When you tell people that you are a 'dancer', they will often be polite and cordial about it.
However, behind your back, they might 'pooh-pooh' it, thinking that it's not such a big deal.
There are plenty of people out there who simply do not take dancing seriously.
When it comes to dancing, it is often treated as it would be if you told someone that you were an 'artist' or an 'actor'.
Similar to many careers, such as teaching, professional dancing is not exactly a career that garners too much respect from critics who are quick to shoot it down every chance they get.
What most people don't realize or appreciate nearly enough is the fact that dancing is extremely difficult.
After all, how many people do you know are coordinated or who have the patience to learn intricate dance moves? Look at ballerinas or even at tap dancers.
Their dance moves are exceedingly difficult.
Talk about being on your feet all day! People pay anywhere from a few dollars (sometimes none at all) up to thousands of dollars so that they can see someone else dance around on stage.
But there is more to dancing than simply being able to remember a few measly dance moves.
Many children attend dance schools or are involved in dance programs only to later become professional dancers.
There is a lot of pressure that is put on dancers.
For example, ballerinas have to make sure that they maintain a certain physique as well as a certain weight.
After all, if ballerinas weren't skinny, do you think that their partners would be able to pick them up as easily? Do you think that ballerinas who were overweight would look as graceful 'prancing' around? Unfortunately, dancers (especially females) can and will often endure much ridicule and criticism from their peers.
For men, it can be equally as difficult as they often struggle with questions of manliness as well as ridicule from their peers as well.
For a male to explicitly state that he "dances" or even worse: that he chose to pursue a career in dancing is akin to giving out a social death sentence.
Shouldn't dancers be able to pursue the careers that they want without having to be on the receiving end of nasty, unwarranted commentary from others? The people who are the hardest on dancers, however, are the dancers themselves.
Often times, they will get up early in the morning to train or go over some dance moves.
They will then continue this pattern into the night in order to make sure that they have mastered the concept of the dance move that they were originally looking for.
You see evidence of this all the time with dance shows such as So You Think You Can Dance as well as American Dance Crew.
What a lot of people don't realize is that they will make fun of those who dance; meanwhile, they will be the first ones to sit down in front of the television and watch dance programs!
However, behind your back, they might 'pooh-pooh' it, thinking that it's not such a big deal.
There are plenty of people out there who simply do not take dancing seriously.
When it comes to dancing, it is often treated as it would be if you told someone that you were an 'artist' or an 'actor'.
Similar to many careers, such as teaching, professional dancing is not exactly a career that garners too much respect from critics who are quick to shoot it down every chance they get.
What most people don't realize or appreciate nearly enough is the fact that dancing is extremely difficult.
After all, how many people do you know are coordinated or who have the patience to learn intricate dance moves? Look at ballerinas or even at tap dancers.
Their dance moves are exceedingly difficult.
Talk about being on your feet all day! People pay anywhere from a few dollars (sometimes none at all) up to thousands of dollars so that they can see someone else dance around on stage.
But there is more to dancing than simply being able to remember a few measly dance moves.
Many children attend dance schools or are involved in dance programs only to later become professional dancers.
There is a lot of pressure that is put on dancers.
For example, ballerinas have to make sure that they maintain a certain physique as well as a certain weight.
After all, if ballerinas weren't skinny, do you think that their partners would be able to pick them up as easily? Do you think that ballerinas who were overweight would look as graceful 'prancing' around? Unfortunately, dancers (especially females) can and will often endure much ridicule and criticism from their peers.
For men, it can be equally as difficult as they often struggle with questions of manliness as well as ridicule from their peers as well.
For a male to explicitly state that he "dances" or even worse: that he chose to pursue a career in dancing is akin to giving out a social death sentence.
Shouldn't dancers be able to pursue the careers that they want without having to be on the receiving end of nasty, unwarranted commentary from others? The people who are the hardest on dancers, however, are the dancers themselves.
Often times, they will get up early in the morning to train or go over some dance moves.
They will then continue this pattern into the night in order to make sure that they have mastered the concept of the dance move that they were originally looking for.
You see evidence of this all the time with dance shows such as So You Think You Can Dance as well as American Dance Crew.
What a lot of people don't realize is that they will make fun of those who dance; meanwhile, they will be the first ones to sit down in front of the television and watch dance programs!
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