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Not good enough to be a ballerina anymore?

I go to a good full-time ballet school but feel like I'm not good enough. I'm flexible and have a good jump, beats and adage.not so good at pirouettes, usually a triple with a hop. My teacher hates me and I don't know why, I know not to take criticism and corrections to heart but she says I'm stupid and lazy and I don't think I am. She doesn't cast me in performances and then will tell me I'm too fat in front of all my classmates. She's stopped me from doing partnering because she says I'm too heavy for the boys to lift. I weigh 55kg, she didn't believe me when I told her that I'm trying to eat well, an achievement for me as I've had bulimia. there are heavier girls in my class but she doesnt seem to care about them being lifted. My classmates all agree that she's really hard on me and it's unfair. I don't know what to do. I'm thinking of just giving up, she makes everyday misery. I can't talk to any other teachers, they'll tell her. I'm scared I'm wasting my life. What should I do?

I think you should hang in there. My daughter does ballet (just for fun) with a ballet school in australia. The teacher is so good that some of the dancers have gone on to dance in Paris and London and if you remember the Sydney Olympics some of the choreography was done by one of her students who is now an acclaimed choreography named Jason Coleman. I realise that dancing full time is way more advanced than anything my daughter has done, but your question reminded me of my daughters grade 6 exam. 6 students from the school sat it in 3's. With my daughters group being the ones that were doing really well. The examiner was very green being the first time she had examined out of her own state. She had no idea who's girls she was judging and when my daughters group walked in she commented that they were all very small to be going for that level. She decided to fail all three of them and then went on to pass the next group from the same school who were no where near as advanced but happened to be taller. The girls waited for their results for several weeks then were told they had failed. There ballet teacher was horrified and a complaint was put in to the Cecchetti board, but they couldnt do anything about it. I remember one of the girls resolve when she walked back into ballet class with my daughter and the other girl who had failed. SHe held her head high and said ' I am going to pass that exam and I am going to remember that womans name well. One day I will walk up to her and say hey I'm still here and I passed with High distinctions. She did go on to pass that exam along with my daughter and the other girl. And she is one of the best dancers in the school winning the scholarship last year and dancing the main part in the concert.

What I am trying to get at is that you obviously have a clash with this woman who is abusing it because of her position. Hang in there and become the best dancer you can and one day you can walk up to her and say 'hey I'm still here and look at me. I'm still here even though you tried hard to make me quit.'

Good luck and never give in!

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