Soldiers ordered to take up ballet

• kiri

  2 Nov 04, 11:09

  Soldiers in Belarus have been ordered to take up ballet in a bid to improve "devotion and discipline".
  
  Military top brass have said that officers and soldiers are to learn to ballet and also be step perfect in traditional Belarussian folk dances.
  
  They say the discipline involved in learning dance moves and the passion music can produce are fundamental to military success, according to the MIGnews agency.
  
  The move by officials in Belarus, seen by the west as one of the last Stalinist-style dictatorships, has been backed by organisations including the Belarus Republican Youth Association.
  
• Sardaukar

  2 Nov 04, 14:28

  Um,perhaps they have a point reharding the discipline factor.Though I don't see our NSFs or regulars learning ballet dancing in the near future.
• aerozapper

  2 Nov 04, 19:04

  In Spain, ball room dancing is even a compulsory subject for Officer Cadets. Since officers are supposed to be gentlemen, gentlemen have to know how to dance. This rule is supposedly strictly enforced.
  
  haha... but imagine implementing that in our OCS.
• HENG@

  2 Nov 04, 19:47

  Originally posted by aerozapper:

  In Spain, ball room dancing is even a compulsory subject for Officer Cadets. Since officers are supposed to be gentlemen, gentlemen have to know how to dance. This rule is supposedly strictly enforced.
  
  haha... but imagine implementing that in our OCS.

  teach the OCTs to shake head at Mohd Sultan bah
• beavan

  2 Nov 04, 19:53

  Originally posted by HENG@:

  teach the OCTs to shake head at Mohd Sultan bah

  that they already know..
• Ito_^

  2 Nov 04, 20:01

  shake heads.. yes.. ballets.. errr.. i cannot imagine a bunch of macho baldies (no offense) dressed in pink, dancing swan lake.
• laurence82

  2 Nov 04, 20:03

  dont our OCTs learn ballroom dancing and dining etiquette?
• kwlee

  2 Nov 04, 21:17

  imagine an officer dancing in the midst of the war...
• monkeybusiness

  2 Nov 04, 21:19

  Originally posted by kwlee:

  imagine an officer dancing in the midst of the war...

  
  entertainment
• Gordonator

  2 Nov 04, 22:21

  Originally posted by kwlee:

  imagine an officer dancing in the midst of the war...

  weird.
• huiz

  2 Nov 04, 22:26

  Originally posted by Ito_^:

  shake heads.. yes.. ballets.. errr.. i cannot imagine a bunch of macho baldies (no offense) dressed in pink, dancing swan lake.

  
• John Ching

  3 Nov 04, 01:47

  So! Are Singapore's Armed Forces' officers going to be performing the 'Nut-cracker' dance programme for christmas special?
• SingaporeMacross

  3 Nov 04, 11:32

  lol make peace not war
• laurence82

  3 Nov 04, 11:33

  Originally posted by John Ching:

  So! Are Singapore's Armed Forces' officers going to be performing the 'Nut-cracker' dance programme for christmas special?

  How much for tickets?
• the.raven

  3 Nov 04, 11:45

  Originally posted by kwlee:

  imagine an officer dancing in the midst of the war...

  then people shoot him all miss, cuz his limbs and body changing place all the time unpredictable
• John Ching

  3 Nov 04, 20:19

  Originally posted by the.raven:

  then people shoot him all miss, cuz his limbs and body changing place all the time unpredictable

  Are you sure its not because the officer is wearing spandex? Hahaha....
• Obersturmfuhrer

  3 Nov 04, 21:37

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  dont our OCTs learn ballroom dancing and dining etiquette?

  One can only wish.