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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ummmm....usually, if your child is assigned a role, you accept it.  with a glad heart.  you don't turn it down bc it's not good enough.    :wink: [/quote]

Why? It's a huge commitment. Isn't paid. So if your child
Doesn't get a desired role, why do it? [/quote]

Because the child just enjoys the experience?

Because the child learns that others are depending on everyone to keep the commitment and be there, even those in the smallest roles?

Because the child gets to see a professional production up close and that might simply be fun? Or a kid who loves dance and might learn whether he or she really wants to keep doing dance whatever the role?

It's also a huge unpaid commitment when kids do certain sports. Nobody's paying those intense youth and teen athletes. Should they also not do anything for which they don't get paid? Or for which there's no real shot at a college sport scholarship? If they simply like a sport, or dance, or playing an instrument, or doing math or science competitions or any other activity--should they dump it if they're not stars at it and/or it doesn't hold out the chance to make money now or later?

You'll whine that "this is a professional show and that's different from a local dance studio or kids' sports, so they should be paid" etc. You don't know much about professional dance. A show like Nutcracker makes money but it's all too often THE moneymaker for many professional companies and often has to make enough to subsidize the rest of a season. The Washington Ballet often can't afford a live orchestra for Nut; do you think they have money for all the kids? The professional dancers do not make huge pay. And most of them as kids were doing things like appearing, unpaid, in herds of children in shows like this one. It's done for the experience. The terms are very clear from the start.

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