Ballet Studio Essay

The scope of the study/academic article was to discover elements of how the inner workings of a ballet studio can be ran, and produce highest level of child protection for participants. There is a mindset in activities like ballet that encourage young ones to push them to a point of excruciating pain-this is where progression begins. Discussed in (Papaefstathiou), in sport: ‘there was reluctance amongst the community of sport to accept that sport could be tainted by such problems’. There is a need to re-visit and change policies and adopt a more healthy approach to developing children in sports like ballet.
This study found that there needs to be a detailed written policy that is essential for organizations seeking to have an active and preventative approach to the protection of the children who seek to learn and grow in them. Ballet schools are a place that children spend much of their time in. These schools must be ran and operated as a school, and not like ballet companies producing professionals at age 9. The goal of the studio needs to be the education and healthy development of the athletes. This also means that not every child can be taught like they are going to become a high-level elite ballerina-they need to train and cater to children of all levels of skill. Administrators from the …show more content…
As found in (Papaefstathiou), one student expressed: “A nasty teacher who I didn’t like, she was rude and picked on me a lot, looking back on it now though I realize that she was good for me as she toughened me up”. This is an example of emotionally harmful practices to young athletes, such as authoritarian teaching methods. When it is understood by an athlete that a coach should be strict and sometimes shout-this makes them work harder. This shows the student’s capacity to recognize, yet but really accept poor teaching behavior, which can directly lead to