After the fall: reflections of injured classical ballet dancers
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ABSTRACT:
Using an 12-item interview schedule, twenty-six (female = 18, male = 8) professional ballet dancers training with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Professional Division were interviewed to determine what impact injury had on the lives. The dancers initially reported feeling a host of negative emotions such as anger, fear, distress and depression. These emotions gradually diminished as they progressed through rehabilitation and returned to training and were replaced with more positive emotions such as relief, optimism, joy, and interest/excitement. Frustration was a predominant emotion experienced from injury onset to when they returned to training although it diminished in intensity as time progressed. Twenty four of 26 felt their short term progress had been adversely affected by slowing them down, putting them behind class and reducing their physical ability. Only nine however, set goals for rehabilitation. Dancers generally felt that their injuries had no apparent effect on their long-term progress. The reactions of significant others varied, with the classmates being the most supportive and concerned. Seven of the dancers mentioned that their mothers were concerned and supportive (no fathers were mentioned) and therapists were viewed with generally positive regard, the word "professional" often being used to describe them. Of those who commented on the reaction of their physicians, half felt that physicians took an impersonal approach and did not provide enough information concerning their patient's injury. Twenty-eight percent were not ready to return to training when they did, a decision made largely by the dancers. As a result of their injury, 42 percent indicated that their attitude toward ballet had changed and they are now more careful when dancing, try to use better technique, stretch more and modify exercises to avoid reinjury. The emotional disturbance the dancers experienced as a consequence of their injury varied. Medical professional and teachers/coaches need to realize this and incorporate strategies to assist those most traumatized.
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