This isn't the end of world

I went to see QUT dance students' performance last night. While watching each different pieces and students, I was thinking of a conversation that I had with a few 1st year freshmen students from Taiwan. One of them mentioned she didn't know if she should continue on dancing because she knows dance industry is crucial, and she didn't feel her passion to dance anymore. Some other students nodded their heads to agree... Why the educational systems and teaching are killing those beautiful performers?


University isn't the whole world, and it shouldn't end you, and kill you hard. Yes indeed, some daily practices are boring and you might not find them interesting at all. But you shouldn't think this represents the entire world when you don't even look for what's been happening outside of university. You know you're not the typical dancer and you know you're not going to shine and be seen on stage so you decide to leave perhaps what you love to do when you're only a freshmen. As I know, those ones who are still dancing, creating and performing are with their pure passion to dance. 

What is a typical dancer, and why do you think only 'the typical dancers' can survive and be successful. Why do you want to force yourself to be 'the typical dancer' to be able to dance and perform?