Afraid to talk to my ballet teacher?

Question

Help!!!!! No matter how nice and caring and kind ballet teacher is i am always afraid to ask her about pointe and wich part i can get i can ask her questions about techique no problem it's just when i ask her when i can go on pointe or what i need to improve on to get a certain part i freeze up and come up with a different question like how again do we do esapes (can't spell) i know how to do esapes i am the esapes queen! but i get nervous that she will think i am some prima ballerina wanabee that's despret to get on center stage (wich i'm not, well i don't think i am am i? oh, c**p omj! am i like that?)( you can see that i am on a phsycopathic nervous breakdown right now)

please help thanks!!

Answer 1

Ok.

First, clam down lol.

We don't want a phsycopathic nervous breakdown.

I kind of have the same problem. I find myself saying 'Uhm', 'Uh', and 'Like' a lot!

What I do that I find helps a lot is practise before class in a mirror. Say what you want to say over and over, and then when you go to talk to your teacher you will remember to say most of it. It's like memorizing for school or something.

She shouldn't judge you; she's a teacher and therefore wants what's best for you and your dance career. If she comes off like she's trying to rush you, or annoyed that you asked, DON'T FREAK. She's probably stressed, tiered, or hungry lol. Would you be a  little grumpy if you taught say...3 back-to-back classes without lunch? Aha, I would!

Hope this helps, have a nice day!!

=)