I told students:
the job of a teacher is not just hitting beats and reminding the students regarding steps in every class, proactive behaviour should be from both parties that each challenge the counterpart to desire more as well as give more..
I told students:
to teach is not to demonstrate what has been previously acquired and then replay the pattern repeatedly to the successor, it is to analyse and offer relevant approaches for the students and then guide them to reach an end in their own ways..
I told students:
the designation ‘dancer’ is not certified by grade A or a piece of certificate paper, it is the abilities that one carries in the body, physical competency at least, if not mental..
I told students:
the most basic requirement of a dancer is not physical appearance, flexibility, techniques or having gone through dance classes or graduate course, it requires ultimate interest, passion and patience, not any less..
I told students:
to progress is not to demand for easily achievable movements and accomplish as much as possible, it is to pursue a standard that is way beyond one’s current capability, no matter how far it seems..
I told students:
to practice/training is not to push oneself into a formalised pattern but to allow ones to ‘communicate’ with the body, understand the boundaries and then go beyond them..
I told students:
to perform is not just to represent what has been taught or created by others, it is also to show how these inputs have been fermented through performer’s body, enriched and unique in unduplicated way..
I told students:
to learn is not to be able to do the setwork/combination of movements at the end of the class/semester, it is to go through the process of transforming information into something understandable, applicable and useful, at least for own self..
我希望我不是自视过高或者要求太高，但让我更关注的是：是什么引发了我的这些话，常常喋喋不休、唠叨不已?
面对着越来越年轻的学生，条件越来越好但是热情却好像越来越少。
是否‘跳舞’这概念已被形式化无法变通了？是否‘舞蹈’这一行早已经悄悄没落？是否‘随心所欲地手舞足蹈’已渐渐变得遥不可及？是否‘执着、坚持、热忱’已慢慢退化成了一种梦想？
又是否，在沙漠就真的不该谈艺术？。。。。