Ballet

In ballet today I felt like it was a really good lesson, I felt I picked the material up really quickly and I was thinking about the quality and flow of movement rather than just the technical steps.

In adagio in the centre I was sturdy on my feet and used my focus to really give the movement a feel of extension as over the last few weeks I have been working on keeping myself steady and really trying to keep a good mindset and mental attitude even if I stumble.

I still feel I need to work on my use of focus at the bar and have a greater understanding of where I should be looking and when. I feel if I’m unsure on where my head is facing this comes across in my entire body, so to familiarise myself with where my focus should be and in doing this it will come across in my body.

At the start of the semester I especially struggled with the end travelling sequence. Today because I felt happy with the lesson I was really confident by the end of the class, I felt that approaching the end sequence like any other exorcise instead of something I struggled with really helped me. With the travelling sequences thinking about getting back into fifth position helped me distinguish between the movements and break the movement down into smaller sections in my mind so the phrase as a whole didn't feel overwhelming. Once I grasped which legs were infront and getting back to fifth position then i found the sequence alot easier and coudl perform with more confidence.