Attitude

Today my problem was with attitude. And I don't mean the one with the raised, bent leg.

Some days are good, where my brain is in sync with my body, combinations flow, and everything clicks. Today wasn't one of those. One problem was not being able to see the instructor. She chose to demonstrate from the far corner, and the woman nearest her stood perfectly positioned to block my line of sight. She often took this moment to take a sip of water, an action which moved her even closer to the instructor and blocked all attempts to move to where I could see. The next problem was that my mental grousing about this distracted me from listening to the the instructor's explanation, so I found myself figuring out big chunks of the barre exercises by watching others in class.

By the time we got to center work, I'd already developed what could be politely called a "bad attitude." By the end of class I really didn't feel like I belonged. It'll pass.

The sequence I really want to learn shouldn't be hard, but there are a number of weight shifts I need to master. It goes something like this, starting facing downstage left, in fifth, effacé: glissade to the right, jeté, coupé with the right foot, then a coupé with the left foot. Then it gets fuzzy. There's a very brief demi-plié in fifth into a ballonné dessous with the right foot (ends with the right foot in coupé derrière). Again a very brief demi-plié into some sort of a jump forward with the left foot leading, landing as in an assemblé.

Like I said, some parts are still fuzzy in my head, and the weight shifts rapidly back and forth. I'm sure that's the point, but at my skill level it also makes it difficult. I guess I'll have to actually practice.