My dad built my mom a beautiful, huge 2,000-square-foot dance studio. In that studio, we had one 6-foot-wide glass mirror with a wooden frame. Most studios, as I was growing up, had lots of mirrors—but my mom wasn’t in favor of that.
She said that when you take class, the teacher needs to put your body in the right spot (or at least encourage it), and you should be able to feel that you’re in the right spot—even with your eyes closed. That’s old-school thinking, but I believe it’s still true, and maybe it always will be. After all, when you’re performing, there are no mirrors.
Nowadays, some students may spend more time watching themselves in the mirror than focusing on their plié.
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