Re: Practical Suggestions
sexta-feira, 28 de dezembro de 2007 10:13
Dear keggs
Thank you for giving me your interpretation of what the BDC should be but it raises more questions.
I will make a few general comments on points you have made and then return to the BDC aspect.
When I write to you I feel like I am walking on egg shells so please forgive my next words. Rightly or wrongly you give me the impression that until you read simplydancers glowing reports on te Australian Utopia you did not know very much about it but now you think it is almost the perfect solution for Britain. I am not sure how you reached your conclusion that standards under the new system are so much higher than ever before with the bad old ways.
I hope you will note that another Australian Bossa Nova is quite firm that DanceSport Australia is modelled on the British Dance Council. Quite a variation in opinion.
Whether you believe me or not is not important but other countries have carefully investigated the dance scene which exists in Australia today and have concluded that in its entirety it is not form them. The best aspect from my angle is that until you are qualified then you are not accepted as especially not as a competent Professional.
I have something which to me is interesting to interject now.
This can be read on the web site for the Tatersalls 2007 Australian Championships-
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Update - 26 August, 2007
International coaching
A number of our international guests will be conducting lessons during their stay at in Melbourne.
The following coaches will be conducting 45 min lessons. They are available to teach at a location of your choice (floor space fees will apply);
Giancarlo Barbieri - 80 Euros for individual lessons
Louise Barbieri - 80 Euros for individual lessons
Greg Smith - 100 Euros for individual lessons
Marco Cavallaro - 50 Euros for individual lessons
Joanne Clifton - 50 Euros for individual lessons
Benedetto Ferruggia - 60 Euros for individual lessons. Teaching at Bagheera's the Dance Place only.
Claudia Kohler - 60 Euros for individual lessons. Teaching at Bagheera's the Dance Place only.
Peter Stokkebroe - 75 Euros for individual lessons, and 110 Euros for group lessons
Kristina Juel - 75 Euros for individual lessons, and 110 Euros for group lessons
For further information or to book a lesson please contact theaustralian@iprimus.com.au or phone 03 9510 7770
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Marco and Joanne represent England ar members of EADA. Are they qualified to teach internationally? Are they acting in accordance with the EADA rules? Did DanceSportAustralia inform EADA of the situation and obtain agreement?
If you would like to know more about the BDC approach to EADA regarding participation in the Ceremonies surrounding the 2012 Olympics then contact Mr. Bryan Allen.
I was fascinated when you wrote
It also brings home what one poster wrote recently "It's the only customer services where the customer is always wrong."
I have never perceived dance as a "Service" industry. Of course I understand the dance business means different things to different people. For some it is Sport, for others Educational, or Recreationa/Social or Cultural and for some Entertainment and now we have Service..
Back to the BDC. and my views
Have you visited their website and read what they believe they are there for? I have less confidence in them at this momnent than ever before but I believe they have achieved much of what they see as their function.
1a. Is this not impossible? There are (or were) only Twp International Bodies. One for Professionals and One for Amateurs. The BDC quite rightly allowed the Amateurs to belong to their Intžernational Federation. I believe however that with the change in dance politics the BDC must change and remove the compulsion to be an EADA member and allow Amateurs to choose which Amateur Body they will join
1b. Please elaborate. As I have already said I have less faith today than ever before and I believe they should take a much firmer stand.
1c. The BDC is a "broad church" and generally it has done a good job in the padst in walking the road that is going to be broadly acceptable to all the "congregation". Personally I see no impartial attitude. I realise that the "Amateurs Teaching" is a huge bone of contention but in all seriousness I think teaching is a Professional activity a means of deriving income and if this is what people want then join the Professionals. I know people will say theyy have few competitions but is it not highly possible that if so many "Amateurs" converted to "Professional" then there would be a huge increase in "Professional" competitions? If there is a market then the entrepreneurs will meet that market, I think it is true that almost as One the Top Coaches would not object to "teaching" but the many smaller teachers all over the country who first involve and introduce people to our dance world most certainly would.. The BDC cannot ignore these people - or would do so at their peril.
1d. I will not dwell on the "sports development" for obvious reasons and should be pleased to learn the "strategies" you think they should be developing. Should not each member organisation be responsible for its own development - each society be working with its own members to promote and expand? If you study the members you will see some who are doing great service for dance and dancers. .
1e. Does any dance organistaion - national or international - pour money back into debeloping dancing at the grass roots?
Do you know that in promoting one World event the BDF suffered a loss exceeding 30,000 Pounds?. It was thanks to the sponsor Freed that this did not become a disaster for them.
1f.
This is going to be a long one!!
Both you and I have written about "Democracy" and I am starting to wonder just what this means. For me it meant everyone having a voice, a right and in one sense a vote. I am coming to realise that this is never going to be possible.
I suspect that as in governmental activities many people will ignore their voting rights and the activists will carry the day. Of course the non voters will still complain. To really be able to make an informed choice one needs to have all the information - and this they are never going to be give,.
You will have the "donkey" syndrome. I do not care it is a donkey because it stands for the group I support.and I am simply not interested in anyother group
By the way Australia (again  ) has a compulsory governmental election systtem. However how do you force someone to vote rather than "spoil" their voting paper if that is their choice. British prisons are already overflowing and it is doubtful they could cope with the huge increase in potential "criminals"
Is it not a fact that members of the BDC for instance the ISTD, the IDTA, the Promoters Association elect in a democratic way their President and Officers? Do these people not then nominate/elect those who will serve on the BDC?
How far would your idea of democracy extend? Would it be restricted in some way? Would it be a vote for every person involved in dance from the lowly begineer upward?.
2. Are you suggesting that England, Wales and Scotland should each be allowed to have multiple national groups representing the Amateurs and not be compelled to join EADA etc? I completely agree that the time has come for the WDC Amateur League Registration to be acceptable in all 3 regions certainly I have no objection to EADA losing their monopoly and dancers having the chance to form their own clubs and each club having the right to sit on BDC and their members registration be accepted. .I even agree that the time has come for EADA to decide where their loyalties lie if they believe IDSF is the answer then follow that road but do so independent of the BDC and their members..The first casualty would be the ordinary competitors. Because the bulk of the competitions would not be sanctioned by the IDSF national body IDSF members could not compete and those who did would be banned from other countries.
Does life not become complicated !!
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