Working hard in Ballet

I really thought for the past 14 years I was working hard in ballet. I tried to focus on my turnout, arm placemen, and overall strength. I was truly thinking that ballet was getting easier as the years went by. As i found what I thought was my full turnout I stopped really thinking about it. I mostly kept working on my strength and flexibility. When I cama to the Ohio State's wonderful dance programe I got a huge awakening. Apparently I shounldn't have stopped thinking about my turnout because I haven't been using my inner thighs like I should have been. Last year took a lot of hard work and concentration in each of my dance classes to try to correct some of my ballet flukes. Courtney Harris and her classes were a huge contribution to this revelation. the way she explained certain movements made my mistakes very clear to me. Those classes were the start to my real ballet training. The second day of this quarters ballet was another "AH HA" moment when we went through the very basic bar steps slowly. I found out that I really wasn't using all of my muscles at bar. This year has a lot of hard work ahead for me especially for the simple bar combinations.