Today, I was
able to start taking classes at Dance Arts Center in San Carlos (not a very flattering portrayal of the outside but the inside studios are very nice). I absolutely
loved the class I took today. It was definitely my favorite. Interestingly enough, the teacher was a senior like me and is off next year to the University
of California, Irvine, to study dance and participate on the dance team. I was
the oldest student in the class by about seven years, which was amusing. But
the best part was that these students were just starting out, like me. Some of
them were flexible and some were inflexible. Some had taken more than one year and some were very unexperienced. It was the first class I have been
to where I felt appropriately placed. From my other experiences (at the Academy of American Ballet),
I have been taking class with students who have taken ballet for seven to
fifteen years! It definitely gets awkward (to say the least) when we are doing
across the floors, and I am just supposed to turn with my hands on my hips
while the rest do leaps. I will be doing my second class at Dance Arts Center
tomorrow so we will see how that goes. Kevin, who has coordinated my schedule
and has been super helpful to me, told me it was a little advanced for me and
that I should just do it for the purpose of my project but not continue it
after its conclusion.
I also went to
the Cinderella ballet last week, which was really cool. It was kind of annoying
to sit in the way back (legitimately the last row). Everyone else around me had
binoculars. It was so difficult to see anything. We were super high up. But the
dancing was very beautiful! I had never been to a professional ballet
performance before (besides the Nutcracker), so it was a first for me.
Tomorrow I will
be watching Étoiles: Dancers of the Paris
Opera Ballet so stay tuned for a review!
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