Augmenting lifelong performance with deliberate practice

With Willing Spirit, a Reprise for Ailey Dancers (The New York Times): “The voice on the phone belonged to Masazumi Chaya, the associate artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and he had a startling proposition. Would she — Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish, 55 years old, former Ailey superstar and current artificial-hip owner — come out of retirement to dance at a special performance on New Year’s Eve? …“Are you kidding me?” she responded. No, he was not kidding, and eventually the answer was yes, she would do it. And it was yes, too, for a handful of other Ailey alumni who received similar calls… Robert Battle, Ailey’s artistic director, said the dancers were of course being held to a high standard, but the spirit was just as important as relative perfection. “Maybe they might feel that they can’t do it exactly the way they did, but maybe that’s not the point,” he said. “The point is to be where they are.” Related articles: Enhancing Trader Performance and The Psychology of Trading: Interview with Brett N. Steenbarger In the Age of Google, Should Schools Teach Memorization Skills? Are we intelligent about developing human intelligence? 
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