An alternate title could be "Dancing Sardines", as there were 28 students this evening by my count, including 4 men. The instructor exclaimed, "I hope the fire marshal doesn't show up!", though I suspect the maximum occupancy for the room for life safety purposes is somewhat higher. On the other hand, the fire marshal isn't concerned with performing grand battements at the barre without kicking each other. I wish I'd dug out my phone and taken a picture.
Towards the end of class this evening, the instructor again had us do the special request pirouette practice. She also gave a proper teasing to the student who had requested it two weeks ago but failed to show up for it last week. I'm finding that most of the time I can do quarter- and half-turns en dehors with stability to either side, and full-turns about half the time. And by "stable" I mean finishing the turn, holding the passé relevé position for a moment, then come down in a controlled plié to fifth. The rest of the time, though, I'm unstable and fall out of it. I flip-flop between being excited that my first success wasn't a total fluke and being frustrated at not being able to do them consistently, though I suppose consistency will come with practice.
Sunday we did a combination that included a turn en dedans. What a disaster. I couldn't figure out what provides the impetus for the turn. I never did figure it out. If I find a free moment I'll dig out GWW and see if that explains it, or maybe one of my DVDs. For the moment, though, it's a mystery.
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