Habits of Professional Dancers Pt2

Fourth is training. Not just in your particular area of dance but cross training in ALL areas of dance. There's a choice to be made you can either be a jack of all trades or you can become extremely proficient in your craft. There are pros and cons to both ways of approach. The major difference is those who cross train  with various styles of dance work a lot more often because of there versatility. The versatile you are the more valuable you are. 

Fifth is preparedness. A professional understands that luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Getting to class, auditions and performances with enough time to prepare your body and mind for the physical and mental  demands of whats about to take place. One must be focused, eager, open and willing to give of themselves to create, experience, and share art

Sixth, is stewardship. Dance has to become your life. It takes years to know your body completely. The dedication to  exploration and the pursuit of your art has be a MAJOR priority. For many professional dancers it is there one and only priority.Whether you're a dancer or a dance lover it is and should be  lifetime commitment.

Seven is vulnerability. It is one of the hardest to  master.
You must be comfortable with your body,
You must be comfortable with touching another body
You must be comfortable with someone touching your body and
You must be comfortable with doing this in front of an audience.

There are times when the world of dance can get very very hard. It can seam at times that to be overly judgemental and extremely unfair. What has helped me the most as an artist was to remember why I fell in love with dance. As a creator and teacher I tried to remember that it was about the work. As long as I keep focus on the work I can keep my ego out of the creation and outcome of the art.