It’s not just dancers. It’s also athletes, men in general, and women and men in military or emergency response careers. The “pushing through pain“ mindset is always being praised by sports commentators when somebody ignored an injury and won the gold medal for example. That is heroic. On the other hand, complaining is a sign of mental and physical weakness and for military etc. a sign of cowardice, which is one of the worst possible insults. In the past 20 years, the military etc. are making much bigger efforts to offer mental health services and to normalize using those services. I’m not sure if sports have progressed at all unfortunately. If you worked your whole life to go to the Olympics, and you hurt yourself in the warm up, every athlete is going to choose to compete even if they’re told it will make the injury worse, or even that they might become permanently disabled later. They will feel convinced that if they don’t compete, they will regret it forever in addition to having wasted at least four years of their life trying to qualify. Under those conditions, the threat of making the injury worse or even of potential future disability is a nebulous concept which might not happen. It’s very easy to believe it’s noble to ignore the pain and the fear and to compete. The Hollywood ending would be winning the gold medal. Then the athlete will be praised and all the up-and-coming kids in that sport will be told how great this person is for pushing through the pain. I don’t know if change is possible. The invincibility mindset is a psychological self-defense mechanism which is very powerful. I know because I had it too and I pushed through the pain … Trying to convince highly motivated, competitive and ambitious youngsters to report injuries and illness is going to remain very difficult, I fear. I’d love to hear any suggestions, though. PS. I love Shale Wagman. He is incredibly gifted. I just watched some of his videos from when he was around 10 years old. Breathtaking.

Ditto ❤

I’ll do more of this then!!

@@balletwithisabella Thank you!!

Yes very!! 😅

Theatres are sloped in Europe/Russia as it improves the view for the audience, and intensifies the sound. It was an idea developed from earlier theatre ideas which date back thousands of years. An example are ancient Grecian theatres which were built in the 'round', with the audience seating sloping upwards, away from the stage in a circular manner. Better for viewing and acoustics. It gained momentum and developed in the Middle Ages, when plays and dramas became more available and popular for the common man, becoming more pronounced in the modern era. Also called a 'raked' stage. The stage slopes downwards from the back curtains towards to Orchestra pit, and the audience seating and wings slope upwards away from the orchestra pit. In ballet it requires intense work for the muscles/joints, and a reset of your balance mechanisms as it can throw your sense of proprioception 'off'. Especially if you're used to a more level stage.