Motivations is so important b/c it is really the only factor related to performance that dancers can actually control.
"i intend to work for this dance of the future. i do not know whether i have the necessary qualities; i may have neither genius nor talent nor temperament. but i know that i have a will. and will and energy sometimes prove greater than either genius or talent or temperament"
~ Isadora duncan
"being a dancer was an act of total commitment costing not less than everything"
~martha graham
"when you reach a platform, look for the stairs leading up to the next platform"
~holm
how to make a lasting change?
1. awareness
2. control
3. repetition
HOW DO YOU KEEP YOURSELF MOTIVATED???
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ReplyDeletePatience, thinking long term!!!!! It's hard but to know in the long run whatever you are doing to get there will pay off.
You can't believe in complete failure, It is just a cycle of continues trying to achieve what you want. It is about making mistakes until you find how to not make them but be patient with that as well.
Adjustments take time and that time frame varies for different people. It may take longer than you were expecting. Remember what you set out to do, be aware of what you are doing in the present, and begin to think, what course of action can be done, over time, to get to what you first set out to do.
Have you read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield? It's absolutely brilliant. It should be required reading for every artist! Haha. That book kicks my butt into gear when I'm slacking.
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