24/08/2026
One of my 9-year-old students came up to me recently and said, “Auntie, we’re learning about growth mindset and fixed mindset at school.”
Then she paused and realised… we had already spoken about this in her very first year of dance training, two years ago. And she simply said, “Thank you.” 🤎
Moments like this remind me why arts education is so much more than learning steps, rhythm or performance.
Through dance, children learn to try again after getting something wrong, to stay with discomfort, to practise without instant reward, to receive correction without seeing it as failure, and to understand that ability grows with effort.
Sometimes, long before they have the vocabulary for concepts like growth mindset, they are already living them through the arts.
I feel incredibly grateful that we get to introduce these ideas so early — helping our children build not just stronger dancers, but grounded, resilient and self-aware young people.
[growth mindset, arts education, resilience, Bharatanatyam training, child development,life skills through art]
