Assignment 3 - Discovery Blog: Kentuckians in Dance

While reading over the Art Toolkit site I was looking over the different artistic professionals’ chose Bruce Simpson an artistic director. It was pretty interesting to know he was born and studied in Scottish Ballet in Glasgow, Scotland and moved all over different parts of the world, but ended up in Louisville, KY.  I love how most teachers in dance have experience in their own lives the love of dance. They didn’t just go to College and study dance, they have a passion for the art themselves and I think this would make for a very good teacher.

I didn’t think about the job demand. I was reading about the hours and sweat that goes into dance. You would have to be dedicated. I’m sure all the hard work would pay off when you could see a group of ballet dancers perform their hearts out and move an audience. This would be a great reward, not just for the director, but the performers as well. I love how in Bruce article he said this” I'm the artistic voice of the company”. He doesn’t only teach the art, but also uses his artist voice to show his passion as well. This is when you know they have it at heart.