Take up ballet again

I’m attending classes at my uni’s dance society every week now. I have my own ballet shoes (Sansha’s split sole silhouette) and even managed to sew the cross-elastics in without a problem. They haven’t come out yet, anyway.

My legs ache a lot of the time, but I’m assuming this is because they’re actually getting a workout!

I went to my first ballet lesson in about 10yrs this evening. It’s run by the university’s Dance Society, so a one-off membership fee then lessons are free. It’s amazing how things returned to me (or my feet!) so quickly, and how I still mix up left/right.
I won’t go back until next semester now, because I joined late and it’s all rehearsals for a performance that I haven’t learnt.
still, I’m sort of proud of myself. I was scared it would seriously reawaken some body hangups, and it hasn’t.

I did this and I quit again. But it was worth it. This time I choose to quit and I’m happy with my decision.

This has actually been at the back of my mind since i quit dancing 2 years ago….
I’ve been dancing for 11yrs of my life. i got sick and tired of going to 1half hrs classes 3 days a week and hated how hard ballet was getting.
“point harder!!” “jump higher!!” “double pirouttes!” “en pointe!!”
i got sick of it…........
and just like that, i quit.

and now, i want to undo what i have given up on.

i know exactly what you mean! i had been dancing since i was three, and then my first year of high school everyone thought it was so silly. apparently it was getting in the way of going to parties. the thing is, i got accepted to a really big school before i quit, and now that i’m graduating next year and don’t have any idea what to do with my life…

well, it’s kind of kicking my ass. the one thing i pictured myself doing for the rest of my life – even professionally if i made it that far, i threw away.

figures!

For 13 years of my life, I took ballet classes. I quit after the ninth grade because my boyfriend thought it wasn’t cool, and I was sick of going to class 3 times a week anyway. Now I’m older, I’m going to graduate next year and I’ve come to realize that ballet is cool. It’s cool because I like it, and it’s beautiful… and I know this shouldn’t influence my decision, but… the guy I am about to start dating is encouraging me to do it again. So, I’m going to start this fall, taking class once a week (not three)!