#ballet student

[crazycatsiren]

Dancing is not only about technique and stamina. A dancer needs love to be complete.

[golbsart]

Thoughts of a girl

[404icy]

focus...

[ballet-96]

a wonderfull vaganova student

i cloud recognise them anywhere

[idoballet]

Another episode of "hyperextension is not fun":

So, I've been having some tension-not-really-pain in the back of my knees since last week I worked on production (we make ads at my job) for about 18hours straight from Monday to Wednesday standing up, and well, I had legit pain on the back of my knees. So I went to the doctor, he said it's some hamstrings tendonitis (since I felt tension when I tried to straighten my legs fully) and I need physio, and said I could go to class but just don't over do it. So, that's ok.

I've had 2 physio sessions and after the second one my pain went really down, almost gone. That was on Tuesday.

Cut to to today when I couldn't even finish my ballet class because I felt that same tension again. And it freaked me out. Pointing my left foot made me feel a little pain. Relevé is kind of painful too. And on top of that I had a super stressful day at work.

I wanna cry.

I've had exactly one day pain free after the production when I stood up for hours. And now this. It's just fucked up. I mean, I take ballet for me, it's my "me" time, the time of the day that I enjoy the most (honestly I only enjoy eating more than ballet XD), and today straightening my leg just does not feel right.

Tomorrow I have my 3rd physio, and I guess I should not take my weekend class. I hope I'll feel better (I mean I have to take 8 sessions), but I'm just so tired.

Here's a gif of the kind of stuff that simply seeing makes me feel pain:

[bunhead815-blog]

Why I hate my studio director: part 1

ALL SHE WANTS IS MONEY. Here are some classic examples:

- it’s extremely expensive

- prices ALWAYS increase

- she charges us to participate in performances and competitions

- she costs people extra to rehearse

- she

[wonderfulworldofdance]

(via Bolshoi Ballet Academy graduate Tala Lee-Turton on leaving the UK to dance in Russia | The Wonderful World of Dance)

[holymotherofidjits-blog]

Ballet Chronicles

You may or may not know, but I am a ballet dancer (unfortunately, I’ll never be able to pursue a career in it, because I’m too fucking tall). I’ve been dancing for about a decade and I’ve been en pointe for 2 years, and I really fucking love it. 

I thought it would be nice to write about my experiences in ballet class. I’ll also probably debunk some ballet myths. Maybe some of you are thinking about taking ballet or you may want to put your kids into ballet school; maybe you just like hearing other people’s ballet stories.