If the title hasn’t said it all, I have decided to make this one of my more random blog posts. For starters, here is a video of my pointe shoes that my little brother so kindly took for me this afternoon. I do hope it makes up for the lack of Christmas Dance videos…!
It has been a fairly uneventful weekend without Nutcracker Rehearsals– weird!
Today was ballet class, which went well. We worked a bit on our Christmas Dance, but it was difficult, as two people were missing. In this dance, even the absence of one person can throw the whole of us off track! Emma was one of these two people, I am sorry to say. Feel better soon, Dear. <3
It is highly important that we practice the Training 2 dance at home; come this Friday, we will be performing it at a nursing home close by. I am super excited but also a bit nervous. I pray that everything goes well…
In class today, after working on the dance, Miss Sara came up with a fun jumping combination for us to complete across the floor. It was a lot of fun! As my teacher choreographed, I messed around next to the mirror. I thought to myself, “Why not try a triple turn?” So… I did! I thought to myself, “Think quadruple, and you will land a triple,” as this usually works for me. So… I did! With quadruples in mind, I turned one, two, three… no way… FOUR TIMES? YES! I did a quadruple pirouette today, although no one saw me. When I returned home, I attempted another. My first try was a fairly good triple and the second was… a QUADRUPLE! I am SO pleased!
So, anyway, I have the nursing home event on Friday and Christmas Dances (for family) are next week. I feel good about the modern dance, but the Training 2 dance is going to take some practicing…. Here we go!