January 2011
11 posts
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spau asked: Hello! I was wondering how could I get my splits down? My hips seem to never cooperate with me and just ache a lot!
Also, how could I get my double pirouettes?
Also, how could I get my double pirouettes?
apollosangel-deactivated2011121 asked: Hi there! First off, I just wanted to tell you thank you so much for your blog... it's so great and efficient! I've gotten a lot of help, and I didn't even ask anything yet!
But I DO have a few questions... Let me just start off with a brief introduction though. I'm 15 (turning 16 on Tues.!!) and I've been dancing for 11//12 years, but I have only been training...
But I DO have a few questions... Let me just start off with a brief introduction though. I'm 15 (turning 16 on Tues.!!) and I've been dancing for 11//12 years, but I have only been training...
To My Followers...
I just wanted to give a super-sorry! to all my followers; I know i havent really been on top of my game lately with blog posts.
If you read regularly, then you know that i recently dislocated my knee. Im currently in my 4th week of PT and i am recovering as well as ill ever. I ruptured a major nerve, which controls the 4 major muscles in the quadriceps. Im having electric-stimulation therapy for...
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pinkglitter-x asked: Hey, I've studied dance before, even a spot of ballet (nothing formal, just basics) and this year i'm taking adult ballet classes (At 20!)
I'm doing it just for myself, because every girl wants to be a ballerina! So nothing professional, but I want to know if I can achieve at as high a level as someone who has started from a young age, and I want to learn pointe. Am I alittle...
I'm doing it just for myself, because every girl wants to be a ballerina! So nothing professional, but I want to know if I can achieve at as high a level as someone who has started from a young age, and I want to learn pointe. Am I alittle...
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“You can’t make a pointe if you don’t understand the details.”
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Lexie asked:
Hi, I’m Lexi-looking back, perhaps this was better as an “ask”, but im new to this, please bare with me. I am a late-in-life dancer (I began modern/ contemperary and some jazz training at 14, I am 17 now) and I often find myself discouraged, because I lack a lot of the ballet technique many of the girls in my class have. While I am prooud of my achievements (I...
follydreams-deactivated20110507 asked: Hello, I have a question of low-self esteem.
I've been doing ballet for a year and four months already. One thing I've noticed is that when my teacher tells me to look in the mirror and go with the flow, I can't seem to stare at the mirror. I get really nervous and frightened of myself. I can't find/see myself as graceful and beautiful as most ballerinas. What do...
I've been doing ballet for a year and four months already. One thing I've noticed is that when my teacher tells me to look in the mirror and go with the flow, I can't seem to stare at the mirror. I get really nervous and frightened of myself. I can't find/see myself as graceful and beautiful as most ballerinas. What do...
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Dancers Are Different
http://www.science20.com/scientific_blogging/dancers_are_genetically_different_rest_us
I dont really understand all the fancy-schmancy words… But i love this!! Proof!