Arms in First

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Child, if you sickle that foot one more time, I WILL END YOU.

my ballet teacher (via runningrambles)

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Protip: How to make your tights convertible (in 5 minutes. 2 if you’re hella fast)

Step 1: Cut tights on the sole area (keep it small)

Step 2: Line it with nailpolish so it doesn’t run. 

Voila!

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WARNING: Graphic content. This was my reward today from back to back classical and contemporary ballet. But y’know, no guts no glory. No pain, no gain. All that stuff. 

So I’m back to doing classes for the summer! I have until end of July. It kinda sucks cause my classmates who were sort of in the same level as I was are a million times better now because of my painful 1-year hiatus. But I’m getting there! Despite constantly bombing combinations left and right.

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working on my feet today

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More of me taking over the gym.

yes i am very slow. 

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OMG YOU GUYS

So I'm an Early Child Education Major. For my practicum, I handled infants from 3 months-9 months. The owner of the ballet studio I go to knows this. Tomorrow, they'll be short on teachers because the usual teacher cancelled. 

aaand guess who they asked to help?!

This little mo fo.

YOU GUYS

BABY BALLET THO

I'M SO EXCITED

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When my teacher calls me out for not stretching my legs because I have 0% hyperextension on my knees so my heel is just forever touching the floor

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Right and Left Still Confuse Me, tbh

oh lawdy. 

When the teacher gives a combination starting on the right and that's what you mark...

and then he asks you to do it in the other direction right after

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So I Tried Contemporary

Last Saturday, I tried contemporary class.

AND BOY WAS IN FOR A WORLD OF PAIN 

...it was a lot of stretching and a lot of extensions and it hurt. Not to mention the fact that it's so difficult to get your legs to turn in when every week you were told that you have to keep them turned out. 

BUT! Despite the pain and soreness that came the day after, it was soooo much fun! It's a lot less demanding than Classical Ballet, but maybe that's because we were just going through the absolute basics. but for the first time I wasn't completely lost during combinations! I'M SO PROUD CREYS. 

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The bae and I were having a conversation about what to do this weekend

The bae: Do you have ballet tomorrow? It's ______ going away party but it's at 3

Me: I'll ask. Hold on. *texts studio*

Studio: Yes, classes resume tomorrow

Me: Awww... I can't go tomorrow because I have ballet 

The bae: I know you're trying to be sad, but I can hear you celebrating over the phone

Me: Nooooooooo...

  The bae: ...

Me: fuck it. woohoo! 

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Torn

To stretch or not to stretch tonight.

Considering it's 10 in the evening but also considering that it's been a couple of days since I last did and I have that constant fear of losing any and all progress that I've made the past few months.