Time for an interruption in your daily program: I am NOW taking Beginner Ballet/Ballet I on Mondays AND Tuesdays! That's right - just when you thought I was getting my act together - or at least considering Modern dance - I am a two timer!! But it's still with MDB.
Some of my long time followers may think I have finally become sadistic - but I was taking MDB and Mr Heinz beginner classes at the same time for three weeks. But his class made me feel like a circus freak turned Side Bar Comic...or maybe I just felt like a circus freak because everyone else was so good?? I'm going to skip looking at that - my posts are already quite long.
Today in class, I saw myself. I'm not talking - saw myself in the mirror - I mean saw someone that came to beginner class thinking it was really beginner and learned that it REALLY FLIPPIN' WASN'T!! She was a petite little thing with curly red hair and slender. She was wearing all the right clothes - including those hideous flesh tone tights finished with pink slippers. Since I've recently gotten over my phobia of ballerinas (i.e. I don't mind being in close range without fear of being kicked in the head or pressure to lose 20 lbs in 5 seconds), Menty said,"Alrighty then. Let's go."
There was 9 people in class - 7 women, 2 men and MDB. And MDB starts with her usual warm up but it's more advanced than ballet fundamentals - i.e. A LOT FASTER in the explanation and a LOT SLOWER in execution.
Side Bar: Just watching her do this is making me anxious
Physsy: YOU?
Menty: WE can do this. Go team Go!
All the while Curly Red has "WTF" face the whole class. And I have sympathy for her because only lately do I make regular contact with Ethereal - not full time - Ethereal is going to have make some eye level appearances for that - but I'm looking up more - worrying about feet and ARMS for a change. I'm more conscious of the leveling of my hips, the point of my toe, keeping my hands from being 'hamburger holders' - thumbs down - not up - "We aren't holding hamburgers!" Thanks MDB - sometimes I am :)
So I've signed up for more punishment and I'm ok with that. But now I've become the petite woman collector - every little woman in class - short and skinny (non hair color specific) - talk to me or stand by me in class. With the exception of MDB, whom I adore and FEAR, I don't want to stand next to my polar opposite in every class. No offense, but standing next to you makes me taller, wider and browner - don't do me any favors :) I've got enough complexes!
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