I want to take a moment to reflect on how much I’ve improved as a dancer over the past year. The first picture was taken nearly exactly a year ago today, and the second just a few days ago. To some, both pictures may look the same, and you won’t be able to notice much difference. But I see a lot of improvement in the second picture, and I’m proud of myself. I am much better at using my muscles, I am stronger, I am using my turnout much more, I’m not so stiff, I’m pulling up my upper body more, I’ve learned how to elongate and reach out with my arms more, and basically flow more naturally.
My leg isn’t much higher, but you can clearly see that I’m using my turnout more, and my overall lines and much cleaner. I haven’t been focusing too much on my flexibility, and I’ve been focusing more on strengthening, because sometimes people often forget that flexibility isn’t everything in a dancer. This year, I want to continuing focusing on strengthening, but I also want to work on flexibility as well, to a safe extent.
A year ago, I thought the first picture was wonderful, and now I cringe a little looking at it, at least compared to the second picture. As of now, I think the second picture is rather wonderful; Hopefully, a year from now, I’ll take another picture and be able to say the same exact thing.
I definitely see improvement. <3 your lines are so pretty :)
