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Posted by Anandini (64.3.174.226) on December 05, 2006 at 15:37:19:
In Reply to: Friendly fire discussion topic - dancer's children posted by Megha on November 30, 2006 at 14:15:44:
This is not always the case. I am a "dancer daughter" and I sincerely resent the accusations made by people that all U.S. Artists shamelessly promote their daughters. I, in fact have had the opposite experience, where almost NEVER had the honor of working directly with my mother and had to learn everything just from watching her work with other students. Only during my arangetram did I ever have the joy of a private class with my mother. She's been a gem of a mother and never neglected me in any way, but I have not had half the attention and privilege of working with her the way her students have and I hope that they are grateful for her time & attention because now as an adult dancer I crave it. Her time is so drained by the demands of the parents, in the few moments of reprieve that she does have I don't have the heart to trouble her for class.
If there are other daughters how have the privilege of their mother's attention to the degree that others are saying then I hope they appreciate it and never take it for granted.
That's why I would not change the way my mother has raised us, her three daughters. We have learned to pick up music and dance from our environment and gained from watching her teach others. And because nothing was handed to us on a silver platter, I know that I will never take the dance art for granted. I am in awe of the magnitude of dance & spirituality in my life every day. I thank God every day for bringing this art form into my life, and letting me born into a home where I was surrounded by it day in and day out.
Also in our school I was never given starring roles above other dancers, nor was I treated differently. I have often danced chorus roles in productions and happily accepted it - never questioning it and enjoying the rapport of working with other talented dancers. I TO THIS DAY often attend adavu class and am happy to dance along with beginner level students as young as 4 years old ... because I have been taught that we can always improve ourselves and no one ever outgrows adavu practice, and that often you can learn something very valuable from that 4 year old.
I just hope that people stop generalizing about U.S. artists because my mother has been here in North America almost 40 years now and has none of these traits that people complain about. It is not fair to classify all artists here based on the behavior of a few.
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