Little Red

And I don't mean Riding Hood either!  Little Red was the sub tonight. I'd only seen her twice before....one night chatting with MDB after class and this Sunday before that adventure. Either she's new or I didn't notice her when her hair was say....Brown?? 

There were 8 of us in class a three time return WTF owner, Ashley of the Olsen Twins (Mary Kate was sick tonight), Lil Black Chick, Tall Black Chick (like 6 feet 2 inches tall!), another regular and the lady with the dreads from first company and me. 

Little Red introduces herself, tells us she's the sub tonight and then apparently someone hit the fast forward button on the dvd player because I've never gone so fast through barre before in my SHORT BALLET TAKING LIFE!!! 

We started with plies. Then we moved into several series of tendus (that may have also been degages, but she was wearing dance sneakers so I wasn't sure) and I didn't want to stop and ask because as FAST as we were going I didn't CARE!! I was going to TENDU regardless!!

At one point Little Red says ok let's do it - and I say - ok YOU do it - WE'LL TRY OUR BEST! We all laughed because it was SO true.

Side Bar: Alright - I don't know if that's water in her drinking bottle or LIQUID CRACK, but at the current speed of light we will be done with the barre in less than 15 minutes - which means there will be about 45 minutes of floor work!

Menty: It's definitely a challenge...

Physie: I think I'm getting an ass cramp. 

We move into straight legged frappes, rond de jambes, battements (no stretch in between). And sure enough, we were done with barre by 7:15ish. Head Smack!

Then she says - OH! Class is over at 8:15pm.

Side Bar: So you've been torturing us with whiplash moves because you thought we were going to run outta time? OH!! Ok, that makes sense.....NOT!! ACK! 

So she gives us a lengthy adagio - from right side to left side then left back to right - and then moving it forward and backward. It wasn't too bad. My balance sucked, but I tried my best.

We did two different combinations across the floor with enough complexity and length that we ALL stopped and looked at each other with the WTF face. I think I paused long enough to feel an eighth of an inch of hair growth. But we sucked it up and screwed it up while patiently waiting for her to come to the realization that we are truly BEGINNERS. 

She wanted us to glissade, assemblage - ACK - but when she saw our collective faces - she went back to her Twinkle Toes kid ballet class and made us run in place, then forward, then back, then she made us run with our feet turned out- same routine - then she made us jump which created little jetes!!  And then she made us do assemblages from there, which was different and maybe a better way for me to think about it. 

We ended with one more grand allegro- complex and lengthy - but she said next week she was going to teach us all these little tricks.  Lil Black Chick said she loved every minute of that class because it was fast and full of jumps and leaps.

Part of me (Side Bar and Physie) never wants to take a class with Little Red EVER again, because while my mind is pretty quick - my body is not....may have to do with actually having BREASTS! The other part of me (Menty) says I can do it, I can do it, I can do it. 

I think Menty may be the crazy one......