Le Badass Ballerina Uphumile kwiSquash Dancer Stereotypes

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Xa ucinga i-ballerina yeklasikhi, amathuba okuba ungacinga ngendlela enobulali (nangona yomelele ngokwasemzimbeni), ibhinqa eliselula elinobuhle elinentloko ebambelele entlokweni kunye netutu epinki. Ngelixa kungekho nto iphosakeleyo ngokulungisa iprofayili yomdanisi, i-Dusty Button eneminyaka engama-28 ubudala ngumdlali webhaleya omnye oza kubonisa ukuba kuninzi kakhulu kule fomu yobugcisa kunama-sequin kunye nokuma okugqibeleleyo.

Ngokusisiseko, ungumdlali wepunk rock Black Swan ballerina otyumza naziphi na iingcamango (kunye nezilahlekisayo) zokuba iprima ballerina "ifanele ukuba" njani. (Into ethile enobungcali be-ballerina uMisty Copeland uyazi okuninzi malunga.)

Kwaye ungaze ucinge malunga nokuqikelela italente yakhe yesibini. Ngeminyaka engama-21 yamava okudanisa phantsi kwebhanti lakhe-umama wakhe wambhalisa kwiiklasi xa wayeneminyaka eyi-7 kuba "wayefuna ukuba ndikhulise umdla kwizinto eziphilileyo zengqondo yam, umzimba kunye nomphefumlo," kusho iButton-South Carolina. -Imbaleki eyazalelwayo yayizilolonga kwi-American Ballet Theatre edumileyo ngaphambi kokuba ibe mdala ngokwaneleyo ukuba angaqhuba. Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-18, wafumana imali yokufunda kwiRoyal Ballet School eLondon, kwaye ekugqibeleni waya kuba ngumdanisi oyintloko kwinkampani yaseBoston Ballet. Ukusuka apho uye waguquka waba ngumfundisi-ntsapho owaziwayo womdaniso kunye nomdidiyeli womculo womculo kwaye uthatha inxaxheba kwimisitho yezemfundo efana neeWorkshops zeBallet zaMazwe ngaMazwe.

Kuyo yonke le nto yendaleko njenge-ballerina ukubulawa kwe-choreography ephezulu, umabonwakude, kunye nomsebenzi wokulinganisa. Inkangeleko yakhe eyoyikekayo kunye nesimbo sokuhamba sade sabamba umdla kwimidlalo yezemidlalo iRed Bull kunye neVolcom-iinkampani ngokwesiko ezixhasa iimbaleki ezomeleleyo zemidlalo yeX-X, imidlalo yezemidlalo, kwaye, ke, ngokuchaseneyo nebhaleyi. (Idibeneyo: Le modeli yaBukhulu buphinda ichaze ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba 'neQumrhu lokubaleka'.)

Kodwa enye iskrola kwi-Instagram yakhe kwaye ngoko nangoko uya kuqonda izinto ezimbini: Le ntombazana inesiphiwo esiphambeneyo (i-OMG, ukuguquguquka), kwaye lutshintsho oluhlaziyayo lwesitayela kunye nesimo sengqondo (i-T-shirt, i-shorts, kunye ne-pigtail buns, yep). Ukuba ubungaqinisekanga ukuba lo mfazi ukhohlakele, jonga umfanekiso wakhe weprofayile ye-Instagram, eligama lakhe libhalwe kwifonti efanayo neqela le-rock Iron Maiden, kunye neyunifomu yakhe yomdaniso, equka iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane zikaNike, ijet- i-makeup yamehlo amnyama, kwaye ewe, u-tutu ngamaxesha athile ... wenze indlela yakhe. Ukusuka kulwandiso lomlenze olumangalisayo ukuya kumxube wakhe wobuchule bexesha langoku kunye nesithethe, kuye kwafuneka sifunde ngakumbi ngalo mdanisi we-rock, kunye nento ayithethayo malunga nokudanisa kwisingqi segubu lakhe kunye nokwenza indlela entsha yabadanisi abancinci. . (Heke, kubo bonke abafazi!)

"Bendihlala ndiyigusha emnyama ye-ballet," yatsho iQhosha ngokuzingca. "Siphila kwihlabathi apho abantu abazi okuncinci ngathi ngandlela thile bahlala benento yokuthetha." Kwanasemva kweminyaka engamashumi amabini ekwishishini lomdaniso, akabuvumeli ubuhle okanye imilinganiselo yobunzima ukuba imchaphazele. "Kukho ezinye iistereotypes ezinamandla kumzi mveliso wam, kodwa ndiwuthatha njengomngeni kwaye ndomelela kuwo wonke umceli mngeni."

Uyavuma ukuba uxinzelelo lokuba bhityile yinto yokwenyani kwihlabathi lakhe, enokuba yingozi kubo bobabini abadanisi abakhoyo nabasakhulayo. Kodwa izinto zijonge phezulu. "Kukho imbali yokuphazamiseka kwindlela yokutya ngaphakathi kumzi mveliso wam ongaphilanga ngokwasemzimbeni nasengqondweni, kodwa umhlaba uyaguquka kwaye kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo ndibone ukwahluka kwabadanisi abaqeshiweyo," utshilo ngeliza elitsha labadanisi abaziingcali abaphula umthetho. ukungunda kwisitayile zombini kunye nohlobo lomzimba. "Ngumbono ohlaziyayo, ukutsho nje kancinci."

Iqhosha lithi ulwa ne-ballerina stereotype ngokuhlala ethembekile kuye kwaye ekholelwa ukuba impumelelo ayichazwa yimbonakalo. "Ingcebiso yam kum iyafana kubo bonke abantu basetyhini: ukwemba nzulu, zilungiselele umgwebo, kwaye unike umnwe ophakathi kuye nawuphina umntu okuxelela ukuba awukwazi ukwenza into." (Eyeleleneyo: UMorgan King ophakamisa ubunzima udelela iStereotypes.)

Kwaye esi simo sengqondo se "eff you" kufuneka sisebenze, kuba sincedwe amaQhosha ukuba angabi ngumdanisi ophumeleleyo kuphela kodwa ngumfazi owaziyo ukonwabela ibhiya yobugcisa elungileyo kunye nesushi eninzi njengoko enokufumana izandla zakhe. #Ukulungelelanisa. Uyaziwa ngokukhaba ngasemva ngotywala emva kokusebenza ngokunamandla kokuphumla kwengqondo kunye nomzimba.

Oko kugalela kufanelekile. Uninzi lweentsuku, uButton uchitha iiyure ezintandathu ukuya kwezisibhozo kwiiklasi kunye nokuziqhelanisa kwaye wenza ixesha lokuphakamisa iintsimbi kwindawo yokuzivocavoca kunye nomyeni wakhe. Esi sibini sisonke seshishini-sidibana-uthando # ulwalamano lweenjongo, njengoko iQhosha lisithi umyeni wakhe (ohamba naye kukhenketho kwihlabathi liphela) uyamkhuthaza ukuba azibhokoxe ekuthandeni umdaniso kwaye amkele isitayile sakhe esahlukileyo. Ngokufanelekileyo, bade beza negama lokuyichaza: i-antistereotypologist.

Xa iQhosha lingaphakamisi, lingadanisi, okanye lizolule, unokumfumana ejinga eringini. "Ndibona ukuba ngumdlalo wamanqindi yeyona nto ndiyithandayo ngoba yinto eyahlukileyo kwiballet," utshilo. Ke kwixesha elizayo xa nabani na ecinga ngokubiza le babey badass nje ngomnye u-prissy ballerina, kungcono bakulungele ukuthatha ikhonkco elilungileyo.

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