I'm mostly recovered from my cold this weekend, and decided to go to class this evening. My balance still isn't what it was before the break, but I felt less tired than I did a week ago — no trembling this time.
We had a lot of newbies this evening (totaling 15 women & 3 men, if you're keeping score), so none of the exercises or combinations were particularly challenging. This allowed me to focus on form. Would anyone outside a dance class understand what a comment like "Nice feet!" means, or how good it feels to hear it?
In the center we worked on piqué turns. To the right I found myself rolling off to the outside of my right foot, even when I consciously tried not to, which threw off my balance. I didn't have the same problem to the left, so I'll have to work that side. We also did a bunch of jumps: sautés, changements, a combination of glissade and assemblé, another of chassé and arabesque. About 45 minutes of very energetic activity. Pant pant pant. I haven't been that glad to get to reverence in quite a while.
I may try out the Monday Beginner II class. I'm told it's more advanced than the Wednesday night Beginner I class but not as hard as the Tuesday Beginner II. The Saturday Beginner II class would fit my schedule better than the Sunday Beginner I, which would give me a Mon-Wed-Sat schedule. But not this week.
We had a lot of newbies this evening (totaling 15 women & 3 men, if you're keeping score), so none of the exercises or combinations were particularly challenging. This allowed me to focus on form. Would anyone outside a dance class understand what a comment like "Nice feet!" means, or how good it feels to hear it?
In the center we worked on piqué turns. To the right I found myself rolling off to the outside of my right foot, even when I consciously tried not to, which threw off my balance. I didn't have the same problem to the left, so I'll have to work that side. We also did a bunch of jumps: sautés, changements, a combination of glissade and assemblé, another of chassé and arabesque. About 45 minutes of very energetic activity. Pant pant pant. I haven't been that glad to get to reverence in quite a while.
I may try out the Monday Beginner II class. I'm told it's more advanced than the Wednesday night Beginner I class but not as hard as the Tuesday Beginner II. The Saturday Beginner II class would fit my schedule better than the Sunday Beginner I, which would give me a Mon-Wed-Sat schedule. But not this week.
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