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the value of ballet / הערך של בלט

a pair of neat shoes found on the path next to the beach, Tel Aviv, Israel


“There is so much wall-to-wall sport at the moment, I think people need to know that ballet has in fact never been more healthy.
“There’s a saying that ballet teachers are the last bastions of discipline. You have to have discipline and I don’t mean that in a nasty way.
“Mums would say to me ‘she now puts her shoes together nicely and we have noticed all sorts of changes’.
“I strongly believe that it is an extraordinary training ground for anyone.”


“One of the most important things of the luxury experience from a guest perspective is being able to demonstrate poise and grace as part of the service style,” 
“Our associates have to have a certain sophistication that’s on par with the guests who are coming into our hotels, and so what better way to inspire poise and grace than with a ballerina?”
According to The Joffrey Ballet’s artistic director Ashley Wheater, all of us know what poise is, so it’s something that can be taught in a structured setting. Grace, on the other hand, is more nebulous. We might not be able to define it succinctly, but we certainly know it when we encounter it.
-- Mitzi Gaskins, VP/global brand manager of JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts


Imagine if your child had the poise, grace, 
and enthusiasm of this young one.

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