Getting excited for Week #2 of my ballet adventure! (Monday, May 6, 2013)

I have enjoyed my first few ballet classes, although I definitely have a ton of work to do before becoming even half-decent at ballet. I am less flexible than I thought. My high kicks shouldn’t even qualify as high kicks. Anyway, I know it will take a while before I start seeing progress. This week, I am looking forward to taking more ballet classes at the Academy of American Ballet, watching the documentary, Ballet Russes, and going to see San Francisco Ballet’s production of Cinderella. Unfortunately, I will be unable to take the classes I was planning on at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance. I was all set to go prior to starting senior projects, and then I showed up to my first class in Menlo Park and unfortunately they are currently preparing for their spring recital. I wish they could have told me that over the phone. I also cannot take as many classes as I had anticipated at the Academy of American Ballet because it turns out that they are too advanced with me (another thing I wish they had told me over the phone). One lesson learned in my senior project: ballet studios are very unorganized. I am now hunting for more classes and will probably start at Dance Arts Center next week (recommended by my supervisor, Jan Chandler, who used to teach there).