Ballerina and Ballroom

There are two clear groups that I can identify among ballerinas: those who love doing ballroom and those who want to stay away from it. The former group is easy to understand. Those who have done ballet for a reasonable amount of time in their lives, would naturally be able to understand some of the basic concepts of ballroom such as how to be balanced, how to look graceful, how to do pretty arms, etc. The other group consists of those who got sick of doing "too much ballet". They now want to break out of it and do the booty-shaking dances, viz., latin.

Ballerinas also face different issues while training for ballroom. You don't have to worry about teaching them the beauty, grace, and balance parts of ballroom, which are very difficult for others. However, ballerinas don't easily accept the idea of depending on someone for the movements. Their training has taught them to be independent and thus, the whole partnership idea and being led by somebody would make them uncomfortable. Once they get over these issues, there is no holding back for them!