Why Many Dancers Don’t Succeed

I realize the title of the blog takes on a negative tone. I also realize it suggests that success is defined by something outside of us or that there is a particular definition of success.

The truth is: before we can achieve success, we need to define what success means to us.

Three years ago, I began researching (interviews & surveys) the habits, actions and mindsets of teens and young adults who enthusiastically head off to college or to a major city to launch their dance careers.

Many of them return home discouraged and defeated – in the end they give up and move on to something else.  This has led me to wonder – what is happening?

How could someone who’s passionate about dancing give up on his or her career?