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Balletwannabe

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  1. Children are a product of their upbringing ..it's very difficult in your early 20's to break free from indoctrination. I don't give her a "pass" due to her age, but it's certainly not shocking to read her comments. I view the world/people completely differently than I did in my 20's.
  2. I understand why you would respond with sarcasm...because no one can make sense of the hypocrisy & double standard of the masking guidelines at the Koch theater.
  3. Someone make it make sense: NYCB performances- guests vaccinated & masks. Performers, maskless. Winter ball at the Koch: guests packed in, socializing, eating/drinking, no masks....oh but the (fully vaccinated) minors performing for your entertainment? N95 masks. Let me go scream in a pillow now before someone tries to explain this one away.
  4. I know of students who were slapped by a ballet teacher, the kids never told their mom, she thankfully witnessed it one day. Abuse really messes with your mind, the logical response is often the hardest.
  5. "Competition dancers" do not have any true ballet training, they have an hour "ballet" class taught by their contemporary/jazz teachers.. who are often former competition students with zero ballet training. They're bad because a lot of YAGP participants are not ballet students. It's become very popular for "dance studios" to send their students to YAGP. They make a killing convincing parents that their kids need weekly private lessons all year round to learn a variation.
  6. Everyone who attends has gotten 2 shots already, people with a deep resistance are unvaccinated and not going, so I'm sure it's not to please that crowd, that makes no sense... I think they'll update this policy eventually. The School of American Ballet is requiring the booster for all their dancers coming this summer.
  7. I remember her interview with M.Fairchild, she was describing what she was doing during quarantine, and it sounded extremely intense, she didn't give herself a break, at all, when everyone else was. I'm not surprised to read this result. Glad to hear she reached out to get the help she needed. Student dancers need to read stories like these so they can plan for breaks instead of getting to a breaking point. Of course it's really up to ballet companies to...care...and recognize that rest needs to be built into dancers work schedules.
  8. They're doing the best they can. Nobody wants cancelled performances.
  9. I suspect that could also be due to bad timing with Omicron revving up, everyone wanting to lay low before holiday gatherings.
  10. Based on what I'm listening to in the news, we're in for a rough winter and I doubt anything is going to get better in the next two weeks... So sad Nutcracker season is being cut short for some companies. I know that's the bread and butter of every ballet company.
  11. Don't close contacts have to wait something like 3 or 5 days before taking a test to see if they're positive?
  12. Did someone say they shouldn't have vaccine requirements? I certainly didn't. Vaccines work.
  13. That's a weird thing to say considering we have all been risking Covid by going to live performances with thousands of people. We too, are living our lives, by going to the ballet. So I guess this judgement is on us all as well.
  14. My posts were in defense of him. If it's poorly ventilated, I see it as useless. If it's like what you're describing, then I also see it as useless. Seriously I don't know if anyone has seen dancers close up dancing?? Their droplets are spewing everywhere, regardless of masks; unless it's an n95, which no one is wearing. And then when they're not dancing they're having water breaks where they're heavily breathing trying to catch their breath...again, droplets, everywhere. And don't even get me started about the fact that dancers hang out together outside of the studios... Honestly, just think about it for a second and you'll see how little masks in these situations actually do. My daughter will wear the mask as a student dancer, next to another student dancer, and then go for a sleepover that night with said student... Few people have stopped living their lives outside of the studio. Young people are not living in a bubble. The two New York City ballet dancers who guested recently for a Nutcracker show... shared a hotel room. It's right on their IG stories.
  15. I haven't read it I just gave it to my 15-year-old daughter. Mental health is something that student dancers are talking about a lot more because of social media. I wouldn't be surprised if she wrote it with students in mind. When I saw the title I assumed it was a self-help kind of book.
  16. They're breathing heavily. Unless they're wearing an n95, I'm still going to use the word "silly" to describe how little these masks are doing in this situation, if someone is actually infected. They're also taking them down to drink water... In the poorly ventilated studios... For hours together.
  17. But how silly is it to wear a mask with a dance partner and then a couple of hours later perform with that same partner without a mask?? Sometimes masks makes sense, and sometimes they make absolutely no sense. Another example...yesterday I was at a concert and there were like 100 children on stage, shoulder to shoulder, they wore the masks to walk up to the stage, and then took them all off to sing together.
  18. I'm SO glad student dancers are having the opportunity to do Nutcracker this month, because I do not see good things coming for Winter.
  19. Oh good. I couldn't read the article I don't have a sub.
  20. Aren't you supposed to wait until 6 months after the second shot? Not everyone is at the 6-month mark.
  21. Unity is SPF today and tomorrow guesting with Eastern CT Ballet. Indiana Woodward is Dewdrop. Just a mention for any CT residents.
  22. Is anyone at NYCB "stereotypical"? All of the principal dancers have unique bodies & looks, from my perspective. Which I love.
  23. I got the vaccine just to attend NYCB performances, that's actually the only reason. Had a pretty bad reaction, ended up in the hospital. Really hoping boosters aren't required in the future to attend because I don't want to experience that again.
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