Friday, September 30, 2011

Quick Post From Me

Hi Fans!

Today I went up to a town about an hour and a half away from where we live. I had a special ballet class there.
A while ago I went there for a class, remember. However, this time it was a private lesson, not like last time where I was in a class with lots of other girls.

The class was extremely intensive and went for over two hours! By the end of it my legs were shaking like jelly!
The teacher didn't mind my pointe work, but I thought it was pretty horrible. Because my legs were shaking so much, it was really hard to balance.
At the end of the class, when I was putting on my shoes, my legs were shaking so much it was embarrassing. I seriously couldn't stop it.

Despite the hard work, it was good and I'll be going up for another two hour class next Friday. When I got home tonight, I immediately got in the shower to help relax those muscles.
The long trip home was good, too. It gave my muscles a chance to relax.

The teacher said that I need to work on my double pirouettes. She said they were good, but they could be better and I needed more momentum to get me all the way around ...... twice.

She also said that I need to work on my pas de bourrees. Apparently I am not stepping into second enough, and my foot is going behind instead of coming in front. So I'll be practicing them on demi-pointe and on pointe over the rest of the holidays.

Apart from that, she seemed happy with my dancing and said that I was certainly ready for the exam. Tomorrow it's the first of October, which means it's only 17 days until the big day. eek!

Thanks so much to all the people who voted on my poll. The results were:

7% - I dance but not ballet

14% - No

78% - Yes

Be sure to keep an eye out for my next poll. I haven't put it on yet, but I will. Hope you all have a great weekend!

4 comments:

Kristina said...

sounds intense! Sometimes those are the best classes because you feel you really worked hard

Izi said...

Hi Elizabeth,

Thanks so much for reading/commenting. Yeah, I understand what you mean. I must say, when I came out of that class, as tired as I was, I certaintly felt satasfied and was glad that I had done that.
I guess it shows just how fit you really are, and that you actually can push yourself to that limit.

Have a good rest of your day!

Izi :)

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Izi said...

Hey there, Love of Dance xox

Thanks sooo much for becoming a follower of my blog. I always appreciate that!

I would really really love to become a follower of your blog, but my Google account won't let me :( sigh.

I have to try and fix that!
Anyways, thanks so much again. I will certainly read your blog .... and comment!

Izi :)