Like a lot of smart kids, my daughter sometimes gets discouraged when she doesn't immediately excel at something new. The teachers at The Center for Contemporary Dance have taught her to love the process, even when it isn't easy right away, and to keep striving for her best. After a tough elementary ballet class, she told me, with a big grin on her face, "I'm not great at leaps on my left side yet, but I'll keep trying. My teacher says, 'Dance is discipline,' so I can't give up."