Mon Progrès

As the time has progressed there are several things that I have found interesting. The main observation I’ve made is realizing how much more attention I pay to my body. Before baler it had been a while since I’ve done gymnastics so it was harder to be so aware of my body. Now that I’m back to doing an activity that requires a lot of body movement. I can test the limits of my body and strive to surpass them. For example, I feel that I have improved my flexibility since being a part of ballet. I’ve known I’m flexible individual, but hadn’t found the time to work on that. Another benefit I’ve received from ballet is improving both my strength and durability. The first exercises that come to mind concerning that are when we do our three-part sit-ups or when we have to maintain our legs lifted up in our stretches.


Speaking about improvement, I feel some of the things I’ve improved on are knowing what the next move in a sequence is. I don’t learn the order of the steps immediately, but after class I try to learn them even better in order to improve the fluidity of the moves. This is especially true for the choreography of the piece we’ll be performing. When we are just learning a new addition to the performance, I don’t feel I do it well but I do see improvement the following class. What really helps me is going over the steps several times until I practically don’t even have to think about what’s coming up next. It’s actually pretty amazing!

Although there has been some improvement, there are still some areas where I still need more practice on. The most important one would be how to do a proper cou-de-pied position. I still find myself struggling with this move. I no longer do some of the things I used to do like cross over too much, but I have not yet reached the point where I can do a proper one. I think something that can offer some explanation is that when I attempt to do a cou-de-pied I am not relaxing my foot when I should. Also when I point I that position I think it may be causing my foot to turn a different way.

Going back to the subject about the dance recital, I am really excited about participating. I think my excitement is due to the fact that I’ve never been a part of a dance and had the chance to perform in front of an audience. It’s also for this exact same reason that I’m slightly nervous. My main concerns are either forgetting to do a certain move or doing a correct move at a wrong time. One way to combat this is to just practice the routine until I am comfortable performing it.