I arrived for my Beginner II class early Sunday morning. I did some warm-up, then practiced a few pirouettes: left and right, en dedans and en dehor, from fouth. All working fairly well. I was feeling pretty good.
Class started with barre, of course. There were hints that we'd be working on pirouettes in centre, giving me that spooky feeling again. Barre went on and on, with lots of time spent rising to passé relevé and balancing. I told myself to conserve energy by doing some of the exercises flat-footed instead of demi-pointe, but I didn't. Finally, after 50 minutes, barre was done. I was feeling tired and a bit sore already.
We got to the pirouettes section of centre. Starting in fifth we rose to passé relevé and returned to the same fifth. Then an en dehor turn closing in the opposite fifth. Tendu to fourth and a pirouette en dehor landing in the same fourth. Stepped to the opposite fourth and a pirouette en dedans landing in fifth. Repeat in the other direction.
I told myself, go slowly; don't over-do the turn. But I was already tired and wobbly. We did it again, with some general corrections. I didn't fall over, but I wasn't happy: an hour before I was doing pretty decent turns.
This class is the slowest class I take, aside from Floor Barre, yet it's exhausting. It's because it's slow that it's hard.
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