Potential

[taxi4ballet]

The ballet dancer needs more.....

 

Musicality. The ability to blend in with others while executing difficult movement patterns - corps de ballet.

 

The ability to work smoothly while in very close contact with others - pas de deux.

 

The ability to act out a role.

 

Able to work inside a costume - or use a costume to good effect (cloak swirling comes to mind - or a mask, etc.)

 

There is no end game such as winning a medal.

 

The ability to move with grace and poise. Olympic athletes are often graceful - but that is not their purpose - it is the purpose, however, of the ballet dancer.

 

The ability to know and perform several entirely different sequences of movement (knowing several different ballets and ready to perform any of them on a given night).

 

The ability to learn a sequence of movement (a ballet) and perform it immediately if called upon to do so.

 

The abilit to know what everyone else is doing.

 

No grunting, spitting, twitching or other unchoreographed movements.

 

You're absolutely right Anjuli - I would never be able to think of all of this!