February 2012
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Anonymous asked: hello (: i've been dancing for 10 years and i have my next ballet exams coming up in exactly 2 months, so they're pretty important to me. However, i got the opportunity to perform at this big celebration a week before my exams and i'd have 3 extra classes in addition to my normal ballet training. do you think i'd start mixing up steps and all and not be able to do both or...
Anonymous asked: Hii:) I'm switching studios in the fall and I'm super-nervous!!! I'll be going from 3 1/2 hours a week to 10 hours a week, anything I should know about to get ready for this huge step? Also, a lot of the girls from my old studio go to my school, I don't want them to think I'm betraying them. I just want to get some better training, and more of it. Please help, thanks
Anonymous asked: im almost 200 lbs, and i have been dancing ballet since i was 4 years old and im 15 now, but i have been dancing en pointe for a year and 3 months. ive been trying so many things to lose weight, i eat nothing but bare chicken and salad and i dance 22 hours of class a week but i have only gained.. i have no idea!! but i need to get better and my weight is holding me back. im auditioning to all...
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Anonymous asked: hi ive been dancing for 12 years and ive been stretching to get really flexible but i still cant kick high or get my dutchman past second, my dance teacher says to lift from underneath my leg since i always use my quads instead. Ive been trying to lift from underneath but i still dont get it. is there anyway to get rid of this bad habit?
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Anonymous asked: hey:) i'm starting ballet soon and i wanna get on pointe within a month or two, i'm really determined and am willing to do anything it takes. is there anything i can do to build strength and prepare before i start classes?
Anonymous asked: how old were you when you started dance?
Anonymous asked: Hi I'm wanting to go to a dance college out of high school. I looked into AMDA but was recently discouraged by the result of many dancers from my town who went to that school. I'm really scared for the future, I want to dance with some sort of profession. Is there any tips you have? Or do you know any good dance colleges? Thank you :)
Anonymous asked: ive probably asked a million questions and haven't had an answered, thanks
tropical-birds asked: Who are some of your favorite male dancers?
Anonymous asked: i did ballet when i was a kid, but stopped when i was like 10, i'm fourteen now and i wanna start again but i'm worried that maybe i'm gonna end up in a beginner class with six year olds.. should i just go for it anyway?
Anonymous asked: Hello! I'm 14 and I want to start ballet. One of my main concerns about starting is my body. I've quite, um, developed and my flexibility is horrible. Could being very endowed effect my dancing in anyway? And what are the best stretches to get flexibility?
Anonymous asked: Hi I was just wondering if you have any tricks for good spotting during turns? i can't seem to coordinate my head with the rest of my body :(
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Anonymous asked: To the anon who danced at ABT-- I went through the exact same thing. I'm doing something COMPLETELY different now, career wise. I get more joy from dancing now than I ever have in my entire life. I dance when I want to and because I want to, and I dance because I can freely express myself through it doing it. A career in dance would never have given me that.
Anonymous asked: So I started dancing sophomore year at my high school, I fell in love. Well I'm a senior in Dance 3 and since I'm a year behind I don't know what to do. I want to continue learning but how can i?
Anonymous asked: I danced classical ballet at ABT in New York since I was four and now I quit. I just couldn't take it anymore. it finally hit me that I was never going to be good enough, ballet is one of those things that if you practice practice practice you can become amazing but if you dont have "it" you will never be the best. I just didn't have that natural talent so I quit to focus on...
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Anonymous asked: "When it seems like every contemporary dance piece on this planet is to an Adele or Coldplay song." I'm sorry but that is just fucking RUDE. Totally lost respect for the person that wrote that and this blog in general. Unfollowing.
Anonymous asked: What do you know about the Cecchetti Method?
Anonymous asked: I love contemporary, & I want to be good at it, but I have problems opening up & showing my feelings to people, so while I can relate to a song & feel it while listening to it by myself, in class I can't connect in the same way, it's too scary. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Anonymous asked: So I reaaaaaaaaallly love dance, and I did it when I was younger, but then I moved, so I quit, & I only rejoined a studio 4 years ago. Its a relatvely small studio, so I was able to move up pretty quickly, but I'm almost done highschool & I think next year or the year after will be my last year, & I really want to move up in level to the sr.s before I leave the studio. Any...