I got a little discouraged with myself yesterday. I should have just gone through "Year One, Lesson Three (Barre)" but not only does it get harder than I am able to do right now (though I know that means it's what I NEED to work on- something a little harder than what I can currently do), there is a part in the beginning when I can't see her feet, so I can't follow along so well (I'm still learning the names of movements). And I was kinda jumpy, trying to figure out what I wanted to do, and pretty much never deciding on anything.
I did check out my second DVD purchase last night... I thought it was the actual 101 and 201 courses, but I was incorrect. It's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ECX6KU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000ECX6KU&linkCode=as2&tag=agenamer-20&linkId=W2A4NDTDOAONRWG6">Ballet 101 & 201, Combinations</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=agenamer-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000ECX6KU" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> (disclaimer: referral link). So it's the COMBINATIONS of moves learned in different DVDs, so that's over my head (and certainly feet) for me right now. I wish I'd looked at what I was purchasing more closely.
I practiced some releves and plies and a few hip rotations, but that was about it last night. I started looking up different videos and got distracted by that, and so in the end I didn't accomplish much, and I'm not very happy with myself about that. But I DID go on Dance Flix to sign up and I ordered what seems to be Finis Jhung's easiest ballet DVD class. I can keep it as long as I want and then exchange it.
One other thing: my daughter's half-brother's (her dad's son) mother grew up with a ballet family: her mother and father own a ballet studio locally, the only one that has classes specifically for adults. My daughter talked to her and she said I can take the adult classes for $10 each or $35 a month- nearly half of what I was expecting to pay! I'm a little worried she will be teaching the class- I don't really talk to her much, though we are on friendly terms, and having her instruct me would make me really self-conscious. I know she still has part in running the studio; I just don't know if she teaches. BUT that was the school I had planned on going anyway when I start, and now I can do it for about half off!
I also think I've been fighting a little bit of depression lately.
I did check out my second DVD purchase last night... I thought it was the actual 101 and 201 courses, but I was incorrect. It's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ECX6KU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000ECX6KU&linkCode=as2&tag=agenamer-20&linkId=W2A4NDTDOAONRWG6">Ballet 101 & 201, Combinations</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=agenamer-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000ECX6KU" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> (disclaimer: referral link). So it's the COMBINATIONS of moves learned in different DVDs, so that's over my head (and certainly feet) for me right now. I wish I'd looked at what I was purchasing more closely.
I practiced some releves and plies and a few hip rotations, but that was about it last night. I started looking up different videos and got distracted by that, and so in the end I didn't accomplish much, and I'm not very happy with myself about that. But I DID go on Dance Flix to sign up and I ordered what seems to be Finis Jhung's easiest ballet DVD class. I can keep it as long as I want and then exchange it.
One other thing: my daughter's half-brother's (her dad's son) mother grew up with a ballet family: her mother and father own a ballet studio locally, the only one that has classes specifically for adults. My daughter talked to her and she said I can take the adult classes for $10 each or $35 a month- nearly half of what I was expecting to pay! I'm a little worried she will be teaching the class- I don't really talk to her much, though we are on friendly terms, and having her instruct me would make me really self-conscious. I know she still has part in running the studio; I just don't know if she teaches. BUT that was the school I had planned on going anyway when I start, and now I can do it for about half off!
I also think I've been fighting a little bit of depression lately.
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