Work in Ballet

The biggest challenge for me in ballet is remembering to focus not only on technique, but also to remember to fully perform the movement. Finding the right balance between these two aspects of ballet is what I would consider to be "work". Being a perfectionist, I am always focusing on keeping my entire body in alignment. I have often heard corrections relating to making sure to do movement with more emotion or expression. Currently, I am working towards trying to find this more in my dancing in class. When I am dancing in a performance, this balance is something that comes naturally to me, so I am working to find this same balance during class. I am trying to focus on finding the ease and adrenaline I feel while performing, and bringing this layer of technique to my in class dancing.

Although finding this balance is a goal I am working on in all styles of dance, I feel that it is especially hard for me to find in ballet because the style is often more specific than other styles, and this often leads me to get more "caught up" in the details of the technique. Although these details are important to technique, I am working on not letting them completely consume my mind while dancing. In general, finding this balance is what I would consider to be my work in ballet at the current time. However, I feel that work constantly changes depending on what is most important in any one class or exercise. Sometimes, one of the aspects would be more important in certain instances, and that would be the "work" in that specific exercise/class. Overall, I feel that work in ballet is finding a goal to work towards and pushing myself to reach that goal.