Sunday, October 2, 2011
Work in Ballet
For me, ballet class is all about re-training my body. Starting ballet at a young age, I got into a lot of bad technical habits. During class, I have to constantly remind myself to think of every part of my body. Are my abs pulled up? Are my knees over my toes? Am I using all of my turn out? Fortunately, I can usually pick up ballet combinations pretty quickly, which means I am able to focus on all of the placement issues I have. I have gotten better about fixing them at the barre, however, because the correct placement is not in my muscle memory yet, I usually lose it once I begin doing center work. So for me, work in my ballet classes means me constantly thinking about all of the corrections I have gotten, and trying to fix them through out the class, and permanently correcting all of my bad habits.
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i definitely agree with Amanda. I constantly try to think about and work on corrections I have gotten throughout class. Often for me, it is much harder to remember corrections than to apply them. There are many things I know I need to work on, but having gotten into "bad habits" of doing certain things from a young age and having years of repetition, it is often hard to always remember to correct them at all times. I am trying to work on integrating my mind and body in exercises in class, and I believe that this will allow me to better correct my body.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Amanda. I wish that the corrections I have been getting these first few weeks, I would have gotten at a young age. My physical therapist think I might even have an extra curve in my spine, do to the way I stood in classes for so many years. Unfortunately we all have corrections, like turnout work, hip raising, body placement, etc that we need to fix. I also agree with Erin's comment. The mind is incredibly important to engage in ballet. Correcting mistakes as often as possible, is what will change our bad habits. This is something I definitely need to work on.
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