It's Thursday night but it's Friday in England and the royal wedding will begin. I never really sleep so I will stay up to watch it shortly. I danced today and now I feel human again. The gym is great but dancing makes me feel alive. The adult class was well attended and although we all had our aches and pains after a long rainy cold day, the class brought out the child in everyone...
Class
Barre:
1. Face barre, lunge sideways with port de bras, roll through feet, tendus front and back.
2. Plies with port de bras.
3. Tendus front, back, side with port de bras.
4. Degages en croix, balancoire, port de bras.
5. Ronde jambes with fondus and developpes.
6. Fondus with degages en croix.
7. Developpes with promenade to other side and penche.
8. Frappes en croix with beats.
9. Grand battements.
Center:
1. Tendus croise front and back, glissade with pirouettes.
2. Pique attitude devant, contretemps same to other side, back to first side, balances with chainnes to pirouettes.
3. Developpe ecarte, passe back, passe front, chainnes, pique arabesque pose.
4. Jumps changements with jetes and quatres.
5. Grand battements a la seconde with echappe to 4th and pirouettes.
I went to the gym before class, hoping to swim but only had time for some underwater jogs; however, after class I muttered to myself that I have to stay strong, so even though it was late, I walked to the gym to resume my swim. There I met a young girl who was racing with her two male friends and I thought to myself, how strong she is to compete with men. Sometimes you just have to keep going, like my dad said.
Yasir had fun in the park today, too, and was quite obedient on his leash until we headed home and I guess his attention span had ended. Still, I am constantly reminded by people who admire him, he is a puppy and needs to play and explore...so when people complain that he is out of control and why anyone will complain about a puppy is so mean, I think of all the nice people in the world and the others can just go on and be miserable if they want to. I have found, though, that being miserable is really a waste of time...
So I woke up to the ring of my phone. Wrong number, but sleeping for a few hours was good enough for me to get my day started with a long walk with puppy. Then it was already 4pm and I headed for a swim but I really wanted to dance again, so after walking underwater, I got downtown for another dance class. When I am restless, dancing always brings me together again. The teacher corrected my attitude at barre, adjusting my frame ever so slightly so that I was balanced. It felt nice to be square...
Barre:
This was adult beginner and so I tried to make all the movements precise. As I worked, I thought, this is what it's all about, doing things right and not kidding yourself. Everyone is so impatient for results without really working. Now to add a little expression...
Center:
Some lovely moves, including tombe pas de bourre with pirouettes 2x, balance, balance, pique turns; jumps 1st, 2nd, echappes with changements; temps leve 1st arabesque, chasse to 2nd arabesque, fouette to 1st arabesque to other corner, chasse temps leve; tendu croise devant plie, tendu seconde, chasse pas de bourre, pirouettes. Also, there was adagio: developpe croise devant; croise derrierre, seconde, plie pas de bourre, pirouettes en dedans.
The teacher said why are you hopping and I realize I do this because I do not completely straighten my legs. Push down, the teacher said. I read something about this in connection with the abs, too, the abs push down. Everything should be grounded, I thought...
Then I took out puppy and now must sleep because tomorrow there is dog obedience class and it is going to be a warm, sunny day. Hard to sleep early after staying up all last night, but I will go and unwind and sleep...
Class
Barre:
1. Face barre, lunge sideways with port de bras, roll through feet, tendus front and back.
2. Plies with port de bras.
3. Tendus front, back, side with port de bras.
4. Degages en croix, balancoire, port de bras.
5. Ronde jambes with fondus and developpes.
6. Fondus with degages en croix.
7. Developpes with promenade to other side and penche.
8. Frappes en croix with beats.
9. Grand battements.
Center:
1. Tendus croise front and back, glissade with pirouettes.
2. Pique attitude devant, contretemps same to other side, back to first side, balances with chainnes to pirouettes.
3. Developpe ecarte, passe back, passe front, chainnes, pique arabesque pose.
4. Jumps changements with jetes and quatres.
5. Grand battements a la seconde with echappe to 4th and pirouettes.
I went to the gym before class, hoping to swim but only had time for some underwater jogs; however, after class I muttered to myself that I have to stay strong, so even though it was late, I walked to the gym to resume my swim. There I met a young girl who was racing with her two male friends and I thought to myself, how strong she is to compete with men. Sometimes you just have to keep going, like my dad said.
Yasir had fun in the park today, too, and was quite obedient on his leash until we headed home and I guess his attention span had ended. Still, I am constantly reminded by people who admire him, he is a puppy and needs to play and explore...so when people complain that he is out of control and why anyone will complain about a puppy is so mean, I think of all the nice people in the world and the others can just go on and be miserable if they want to. I have found, though, that being miserable is really a waste of time...
So I woke up to the ring of my phone. Wrong number, but sleeping for a few hours was good enough for me to get my day started with a long walk with puppy. Then it was already 4pm and I headed for a swim but I really wanted to dance again, so after walking underwater, I got downtown for another dance class. When I am restless, dancing always brings me together again. The teacher corrected my attitude at barre, adjusting my frame ever so slightly so that I was balanced. It felt nice to be square...
Barre:
This was adult beginner and so I tried to make all the movements precise. As I worked, I thought, this is what it's all about, doing things right and not kidding yourself. Everyone is so impatient for results without really working. Now to add a little expression...
Center:
Some lovely moves, including tombe pas de bourre with pirouettes 2x, balance, balance, pique turns; jumps 1st, 2nd, echappes with changements; temps leve 1st arabesque, chasse to 2nd arabesque, fouette to 1st arabesque to other corner, chasse temps leve; tendu croise devant plie, tendu seconde, chasse pas de bourre, pirouettes. Also, there was adagio: developpe croise devant; croise derrierre, seconde, plie pas de bourre, pirouettes en dedans.
The teacher said why are you hopping and I realize I do this because I do not completely straighten my legs. Push down, the teacher said. I read something about this in connection with the abs, too, the abs push down. Everything should be grounded, I thought...
Then I took out puppy and now must sleep because tomorrow there is dog obedience class and it is going to be a warm, sunny day. Hard to sleep early after staying up all last night, but I will go and unwind and sleep...
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