Re: talents & promoters

Posted by mallika on December 06, 2007 at 00:05:20:

In Reply to: Re: talents & promoters posted by Deva on December 05, 2007 at 22:16:01:

very intellectual input deva,
i feel talent or not talent- its hardwork that pays. i have seen many talent people unsuccessful(yet success is a very personalised thing)but have never come across a unsuccessful hardworking person.personally i know when i c dancers like priyadarshini, anitha or even the not so well known dancers on videos and start feeling that i might not be as talented as they r- dont have a teacher here...- but i feel i am equally hardworking. every day i go thru my lessons learnt. i have huge three bedroom house with full wall wadrobes with complete mirrors. while i practice, i make sure i do it infront of the mirror, and i have seen i have improved leaps and bounds- even without a teacher- with due respects. the place i stay in, all that the people know of bharatanatyam here is something similar to what padma chebrolu does. i dont try to fool anyone or myself. i develop inferority when i watch gr8 dancers, but makes me jump up with vengence and practice more- taking into view the difference between practicing and byhearting.
i agree to a larger extent to what u say when one should know all aspects of one's work. but i feel one not necessarily do it all the time- one u r well off and can afford it- better delegate it. the advantages of this can be seen in our own homes.
i want to actually delve deeply into the point of success. what exactly means one is successful-lets limit it to -a successful artist. is it something u personly define like for eg. i feel if i can open a dance school, and have atleast 10 students,and a couple of good shows a year- thats being successful for me. what do u think?