Talk:Risks of classical ballet
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[edit] POV?
This article feels a little POV and very harsh. Statements such as "professional dancers never have any sort of job security" and "ballet movement is neither natural nor healthy" -- are these verified? The article also has a non-encyclopedic tone in terms of definitive statements like the above. If someone could take a look at the statistics and the statements and give me some feedback, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Emmegan 14:25, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
- I agree that the tone is not great; this article isn't entirely finished and is far from being polished. As for verification, I need to procure the book I was using again and add page numbers, etc. However, those two statements sound correct to me (though I wrote it =\). It certainly needs some cleaning up as far as encyclopedic tone and format goes, but I am reasonably certain that it is all factually correct, if a bit extreme. I could concede that professional dancers may sometimes have some sort of job security :], but ballet movement is definitely not good for the body. I'll try to do more verification this week... and this article could use all the help it can get. --Keitei (talk) 18:45, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with Emmegan. The tone of the article is very unbalanced and argumentative. I've added an NPOV tag.--24.52.254.62 05:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
- Emmegan's rewrite is much more NPOV. I've deleted the NPOV tag.--24.52.254.62 16:36, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Safe Dance
The question of wellness of dancers, not just ballet dancers, and particularly people preparing or active in dance as a career has also been addressed by Hilary Trotter, editor of Ausdance’s three Safe Dance Reports, published between 1990 and 1999, see http://www.ausdance.org.au/outside/resources/safedance/safedance.html - Paul foord 06:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rewrite
Hello, everyone; I've just made a big rewrite of this article. Should anyone care to take a peek and give me feedback, I'd appreciate it. Thanks to all, Emmegan 16:19, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
- Great job, Emmegan!--24.52.254.62 16:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Manfred86: I have been a dancer for many and I believe that the answer and statements in this article I relatively true, I feel that yes "dancer never have any sort of job security" in a busyness of such physical demand, and talent, jobs in dancing currier are very competitive, and unless one has the ability to become a ballet legend then a dancer might have to find many different companies.
"...compared to the 61 common sports, only professional football is more physically demanding than ballet." Does this refer to American football or everone else's football? Boris B 11:03, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- American football. The quote is from an American source; I've added "[American]" to the quote to clarify. --Keitei (talk) 15:54, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge with Ballet?
Hi! I'm not sure I agree with the POV of this article, but it does bring up very important points that deserve discussion and wide readership. I am planning to spend some time improving the ballet article (that article has been driving me crazy for months!). Would anyone object to me merging this article into the main Ballet article? It would probably appear under a heading of "controversies in ballet" with subheadings of injuries, smoking, job security, etc. What do you think? Slhogan94 03:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
