I went to the salto dance in Brookfield for a while and stopped because I wasn't in their company program. Its not as though I wasn't good enough (anyone who auditions makes it)Its that I wasn't planning on paying $300+ every single month for a dance program that isn't even all that great. I was also really sick of people who are frequently referred to as "ballet moms". These would be parents who watch their daughter in every class and make sure that their daughter gets all sorts of attention and progresses too quickly, critiques her skills, etc. Although I realize that this happens in every dance studio, one came up to me before the spring "recital" and told me a list of things that I need to do to look better (like wear lip gloss and smile-nothing to do with my dancing) and then told me that the other girls in the class were better than me because they were in company. Not exactly what I would call encouragement and also not at all the level of maturity that I would have expected to
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