Ballet, Airplanes, and a Ballerina Who Can Fly

 

 Hahaha I tried to get a picture of me doing a ballet pose beside one they called "The Queen of the Sky". It was os fail. Too blurry and I forgot to take off my glasses :P 

  The Pilot who guided us talked about the planes the way I talk about my pointe shoes! He called them "she," "Good girl" and those stuff!!!!

  

   I remember reading something that said your favourite movie will tell you something about what you'll be when you grow up. I guess my fave movie is still ballet shoes and you know what, the three sisters became a ballerina, an actress, and... A PILOT!!! <3 LOL hehe...

  Maybe it's true...

Yasmin Paige as Petrova in
"Ballet Shoes"

 

Music for Friday

 This Friday the music source, Pat, can't attend dance club. I downloaded loads of songs last Tuesday so I'm safe... Whew! My only problem will be if my computer decides to act up and break down unexpectedly :S Lets hope for the best and that I can take picture :D One of my friends took a video of the whole club  last meeting, hope I can post it :D
 
  Pat and I are think of this Jazz routine for our Halloween performance. We have a lot of ideas for lifting but we haven't checked on Eric about it who, obviously, will be the one taking all the weight. lol :D Pat's also getting excited about the costumes. Were thinking of hats and jackets <3 Typical Jazz...

  Only one person has given me their reply slip from the comittment letter since Friday... Hope I'll still have enough students... though, I should remind myself, we are aiming for Quality Dancers not just quantity... :D

 
  

So You Think You Can Dance

  Plus this Friday will be Jazz, the least like of the two dances we teach... I wish they'd like it, I mean, why not?

Weekend Reading List

  My grandmother came home from her vacation in Bangkok yesterday. She got us so many presents clothes, shoes, fruits, and books. Yes, books. She got me "Apollo's Angels" by Jennifer Homans and an issue of Dancespirit Magazine.  Can't wait till the weekend, when I can devour them page per page... You know, I'm supposed to be doing a report on Parenchyma Tissue for biology right now. Just saying...:P
  My mom is reading "Apollo's Angels" while I'm still busy. I hope it will broaden her understanding of the art form :P...

  Looking forward to the weekend...

What to Improve:

Zhong-Jing Fang
American Ballet Theatre

  Teacher Agnes talked to my mom. She said that I'm hard headed and that I should stop 'emoting' during class. "During class," she said, "you work to get the steps right before you project" or something like that. This was according to Mom. Now I understand... It's so ingrained in me to add feeling :P So much to unlearn...

  At the start of my classes in Locsin's Teacher Agnes told me I had to unlearn everything from before. Every time you move a school you have to unlearn what you learned from the previous one. There's this saying, I'm not sure if I remember it right it goes something like: "It is easier to fill an empty cup" It means that it's easier to teach someone who doesn't know anything, rather than someone who already knows a lot...

 
  I also have to work on memorizing steps... One of our classmates, who another classmate coined 'The Memory Card' was absent yesterday. And oh no, we were all just looking at each other hoping we could copy :S Memoriiiiizeee!!!
 

  After class yesterday, Teacher Sweet, the babies ballet teacher came up to me and gave me a few tips on the basics. I'm so grateful to her :D She told me to make my releves higher, to 'love the floor', and pull up more. She also helped me with my never ending problem of my por de bras back which I get more now :D

 

  LOL, my mom cut my hair the other day and its really short now. It only goes down like untill half my neck. It's kind of tricky to tie a bun... hehehe... there's a very tiny bun in the back of my head and my new bangs keep standing up :P