I am becoming less and less of an early riser…
Finally, a new post!!!
It has been getting hard to wake up early enough in the morning to write, but now we have internet in the apartment so I don’t have to walk all the way to the coffee shop to do this!
Today is a national holiday in Canada, known as “St. John the Baptist Day”. I do not know why this is celebrated, but apparently the banks and grocery stores and whatever are supposed to be close. This also shifts around where we have our classes, for for the the changes are very minor. I have class in a studio MUCH closer to our apartment, so I don’t have to rush around like a crazy person this morning.
Normally, I have taken classes this week in the studios of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, which is quite a walk from my place. But the walk is down a very nice street, and it’s a great warm up for class. I think about what I read from Deborah Vogel, about how the best way to warm up for class is to do something cardio-related that gets your body temperature up, then lightly stretch and roll out muscular tension. I guess it’s worked well, because I have had decent classes lately. That reminds me, I need to do more of the Active Isolated Stretching techniques, and talk about how they work for me.
In my rehearsals I am dancing en pointe. Like, real crazy turning and fast movement and everything en pointe. Being a pointe shoe fitter for a few years, you would think that I would have had a better grasp on what to expect. I realize that no matter how great and supportive your shoes may feel, pointe still hurts REALLY BAD during a 3-hour rehearsal. But as I do it more and more, I just kind of get used to it. I wonder how I will feel about it by this weekend.
Emily Molnar of Ballet BC will be watching ballet classes today and the next day. Then a list of dancers will be posted who will be invited to the audition. I really hope that I at least get invited.
My evening with Crystal Pite was pretty awesome, but I did not talk to her a whole lot. I will come back later and elaborate on this more. For now, I gotta get in line for the shower and throw some breakfast together. Off we go pray for my toes!
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