Reflections on managing - Mining for management ideas in unexpected places: ballet

NO matter how much applause Jonathan Porretta receives onstage the night before, the next morning he is back in the studio, learning. This is true for most professional ballet dancers, from 17-year-old company apprentices to elite principal dancers like Porretta. ?I feel like if, as a dancer, you wake up one day and you think ?I?m done learning,? then you should retire,? he says.