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I Think I Have It!
If you have read my moanings and groanings about ballet class, you know that I am attempting to master something called an arabesque turn.
I've been trying to find a video to illustrate one, but I can't. So all I can do is describe it as going up on one foot to spin while extending the other leg out straight. And I haven't been able to get my leg to swing out the way it should.
Sunday I was practicing with SC and JR--they've got dance routines for the recital coming up in June. And suddenly, SC yelled "Mom, you did it!"
And apparently, somehow I had done the turn! It wasn't a very good one, but I did several more.
Not only that, but SC told me that she can't do "that other turn--the one with your leg up--and you CAN!"
She meant a basic single pirouette--get up on one leg with the other knee bent and turn. REAL ballerinas can do pirouette after pirouette--I can only do just one at a time.
But I CAN do it. And it's kind of cool to be able to something that SC can't do yet!
One of the tall types was in class today. So was another "ringer"-- a skinny blond with a smirk.
I ignored them both. I managed the arabesque turns and I kept up with everything else.
Afterwards, Lynne told me. "You really did well today--you felt good about yourself"
And I did. And I do.
THAT'S why I dance..........
