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Dance Class Drop Out
This will be my last dance class rant for a bit, because I've decided to stop going to my ballet class.
As someone I work with pointed out--if it's not fun, why am I doing it?
And it's stopped being fun.
I am tired of the teacher's inability to choreograph exercises to the music. I am tired of her overcomplicating basic barre work--we should be working on technique of the feet, not worrying about coordinating head and arm movements as well, not in the FIRST TWO MONTHS of a supposedly beginner's class!
I am tired of her floor work that really smacks more of the jazz classes she teaches than of the ballet class she is supposed to be teaching! She has done none of the slow, beautiful floor work that can make even a total klutz like me feel graceful, if only for a few moments!
And all the jump work she is doing makes my legs into noodles, and puts a strain on my left foot. I broke a bone in the foot two years ago, and though I had no trouble going back to my class with my friend the ballet teacher, in this class, I am feeling the aches in that tender spot. Breaking a bone is not an experience I want to repeat--I spent two weeks in a cast and six more in a brace and on crutches!!!!
So, I am going to stop class, and start again in January. They have several teachers there whose ONLY focus is ballet, and I think I would rather wait.
Meanwhile, I have found the beautiful ballet music CD we used in our old class. Just looking at the titles of the songs reminds me of the barre work routines, and makes me want to dance again. I am hoping my friend the ballet teacher and I can work a bit at her house, but if not, I'm resolved to start working on my own again.
I won't stop dancing, but I won't go to this class again. I feel guilt for not sticking to it, but relief to have that off the things I have to do each week.....
