Wednesday contemporary

This Wednesday in contemporary not as many girls were there so we weren't able to work on the Starlight dance. But we did our stretches, leg swings, arm swings, jumps, across the floor. I was really happy that we didn't have to do any push ups. We worked on the Starlight dance for about the last half hour of class, but didn't learn any more, I think that I really need to work on my extension though.

Tuesday night ballet

This Tuesday I worked with my friend Lorissa and our teacher Jen to finish our duet that will be performed for competition. We finally finished the duet it's really good, now all we have to do is work on honing and perfecting piece by piece and it'll be perfect in March.
Then I had an hour and a half of ballet, I didn't want to wear my pointe shoes since I knew that they were completely dead and I would have no support, unfortunately my teacher Sabrina made me wear them. And since they are so dead I had no feeling and they didn't actually hurt at all!
Also during center and across the floor work, Sabrina complimented my pointe work which really made me happy, since most of the time she complimentes my arms but not my feet or pointe work so much.
Then after class the competition team worked a half hour on the Bollywood meets Hollywood piece and I really think that it's been perfected and it looks so much better. Also Lorissa and I performed the duet for everybody.

Friday night competition and Sunday telethon

Last Friday was from 4:30 to 8 since it was a dress rehearsel for the March of Dimes telethon that we performed on Sunday. The costums looked great and everything, the Bollywood meets Hollywood piece definitely needs the most work though we need a lot more expression in our faces for the piece.

Then on Sunday I was at Cape Cod Commuity College for a couple of hours for the telethon, I was supposed to be in only in two group dances except we apparently lost five minutes and so had to drop one dance and that just so happened to be my second dance that I was supposed to be in so I ended up being in only one dance, but it was still a nice experience, fun and it was for charity.

Thursday ballet and new dance

Last Thursday Miss Francesca wasn't there and actually she isn't coming back for that class since she's pregnant so our usual teacher Sabrina is taking over the Thursday class. So Sarah taught the entire class in the beginning she was getting frustrated at some students at barre for messing up a combinaition a few times. The class was fairly easy which was nice for a change, dance without complicated steps. And then after class we usually work on a piece with Miss Francesca a lyrical piece but since she's not coming back, I guess that dance is over with. And so after class the competition girls, me and this new girl Siobhan made up a dance which is really fun. Jen mostly choreographed it, it's to a new Muse song, which we are all obsessed with right now. Also I added a running part to the beginning which really goes to the song's sticato.

Wednesday contemporary

Last Wednesday for contemporary we again worked on abs, the only thing I have difficulty with are push ups, I can do all the other abs, but for some reason push ups are my enemy and I absolutely hate them to death, I feel like I can't do them. We worked on the Starlight dance for most of the dance. Jen put us into places for the dance since before we were dancing in any place that we liked. And also we learned a little bit more choreography and it's really interesting.

Ballet class Tuesday

Last Tuesday our teacher Sabrina was not there, but Sarah took over for barre. I wore my extremely dead pointe shoes even though I probably shouldn't have worn them since it's not very good for your feet to dance on dead pointe shoes, there's no support left. But then Miss Jen took over for center and the across the floor and she let me take my pointe shoes off for the rest of class. Jen likes to give more complicated and difficult combinations and work us more.

Friday night competition

On Friday from 4-7 pm I had competition, back to usual. We started downstairs by practicing Angels and Demons, the ballet piece for about an hour, since we have a telethon in two weeks where we are performing our competition pieces. And so everything has to be really good. After Angels and Demons everyone else found out what they were performing for solos, since Lorissa and I already knew what we were performing. Then we practiced Schindler's List a couple of time and then we went on to Bollywood meets Hollywood, and everything is looking a lot better. However there was no time for Lorissa and I to practice our duet which isn't even finished yet and Sabrina wants us to perform it at the telethon.

Greek Club

At Greek this week, two Sturgis alumni came , one was a guy that graduated in 2005, I forget his name but he majored in Classics in college. So he actually ended up reading some Ancient Greek for us and his accent, everything was amazing. He was so exceptionally good. So basically the whole meeting comprised of him reading passages of old Greek poetry, so we really got a feel of how to correctly pronounce words and letters.

Very short SOI meeting

SOI was a very short meeting this week, Jade just had us fill out a survey over a movie that we're going to watch during meeting and when the food festival should be. We initially planned for the festival to be right after mid-terms, but that may not work out.

Wednesday- contemporary

So the reason why at least one of my feet was really hurting Tuesday night is because I somehow pulled/hurt my instep in my left foot a few days before dance started again. So it kind of hurts to walk, but of course knowing me, I danced anyways. So I went to contemporary early at 5:00, to work on my competition solo with Jen, we're about an hour into it and she said it's looking a lot better. However my left foot was kind of a bum. Then into contemporary my body was sort of aching since I definitely did not stretch enough during the break. And we continued on with the choreograophy to Muse that we were working on, which I'm really liking, I think it'll be a really pretty piece.

Tuesday Dance- Ballet after Holiday break

On Tuesday, 6:30-8 I had ballet and then jazz for about an hour after. Being on pointe shoes after two weeks of no pointe shoes is one of the most painful sensations ever. We had a very simple class and a simple barre, but with a lot of pointe work sequences. And then in center we worked on promenades with is where one turn with one leg in the air at a 90 degree angle and turns around oneself. It can either look really good or really bad, so after we did this combination in the center, Sabrina our teacher had each of us do a promenade by ourselves and she had her hand under her leg so that our leg would be higher than her hand. It's kind of humiliating being by yourself and you make a mistake, but I learn from them.
After ballet, we only practiced Fame once and then we started learning a new group dance, it's a mix of hip-hop and a sort of Spanish style. I really love the dance so far, the style is really cool, so I'm looking forward to dancing it.