Tell us about your favorite role-model, if you have one, and how this person has influenced you.
I'm glad puff_dancer that your teacher inspires you to work hard. However, if you're like most dancers I know, the difficulty lies in pacing yourself. Listen to your body. If you're tired, sore, or injured it's important to adjust your work schedule. A full day off each week also improves your strength and stamina by allowing recovery time. Role-models serve as wonderful guides for what we want to become. This doesn't mean you have to do everything their way to succeed.
Just one of my role models is one of my teachers. She grew up in a dance school in Russia and came to the US all by herself when she was in her late teens. She has such a drive and such courage! She makes me push myself harder every day!
I don't think I ever had a role model. However, as a total Alpha personality I always kept pushing myself - I didn't seem to realize that maybe I couldn't do something. I do think I was realistic about what I could do though - I didn't expect ever to give Itzac Pearlman a run for his money, but I did think that most first violin orchestral parts were within my reach if I exerted myself.
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