Sunday, October 30, 2011

Too much to think about

I know that during class, especially ballet, that I need to think of a lot of different things at once. For example just at bar with the plie combo I have to constantly remind myself to turnout from my inner thighs, keep my shoulders down, widen my back and try not to hyperextend my knees. At times I think that I should just focus at two or three things at a time, but then I get corrected for the one thing I'm not thinking about. Then I change my list of things I'm going to think about and get corrected again. I know that my dancing is improving, but I feel like some days are two steps back from the day before. I feel more confident about correcting most of my habbits at the bar than in center. I try my hardest to keep turning out with my inner thighs but then I feel my balance is off and then my inner thighs stop ingaging. After getting my ballet midterm notes I got a pretty good idea of the big problems I should work on for the rest of this quarter and perhaps the rest of my life.

1 comment:

  1. Thinking is probably the most important thing to do while in ballet class. It get exhausting at times to think about multiple things while dancing at the same time, but it benefits you in the long run. It helps you think differently in all of your other technique classes and helps to become a more aware dancer.

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