Well, it's another week here! Tuesday comes around again, and here I sit exausted already, while the day is nearly half over. Today was tiring to begin with, I slept better than some nights, but work was none stop! I couldn't wait to leave as I was physically spent! At least I have a train ride to catch my breath, before beginning again!
Regarding last Thursday, it too began rather chaotically. Although I didn't have to work that morning before class, I was running a little behind. I slept in that morning and, I must admit I was dragging a little to head out the door. It turned out that by the time I got to the train station, I missed the train as I arrived. The next train, was going to delay me getting to class on time, and as it turned out, it too was delayed! By the time I arrived at the station near school, I had about 10 minutes until class started and about 40 minutes until the next bus arrived to take me to school! I decided to run for it! Initially it seemed like it might work, but as I continued running the aproximate 3 miles to school with my heavy backpack and my gym bag with my dancing gear and a change of clothes (in the heat of the day) I was quite tired! I finally stepped foot in my ballet class soaking wet - but at least my body was warmed up! My instructor was a little alarmed to say the least! She was concerned that I might be sick because my face was so red! This was how the day began!
At least, after ballet, things finally began to slow down! I was now able to relax a bit and pass time between classes for the next few hours before returning for jazz!
Jazz, started out slowly, which for me is always good, because by that time of the day I'm quite tired! And then after going through a series of stretches, we got into our floor work! There were a few nuances in the phrases, but mostly the same stuff! One thing that I often observe, as I did then is that I have a since of rushing the movements that I make across the floor! Somehow, my fellow dancers seem to "float" more across the floor, keeping time, yet not appearing rushed! This is one thing I would like to master more, is learning the art of steady movement, that does not appeared rushed, yet moves to the beat of the music!
After our floor reutine, it was now time for us to learn part of or final performance peace. This was taught by one of the students in the class. She put together some choriography to a Norah Jones peace. It's fairly slow and sexy, but has I nice feel and look to it! As for my work thus far, it is still very much a work in progress, and I will need to use the whole of this week to finish it up and perfect it before teaching it next week!
So, the adventure continues, the challenges grow in some ways as I slowly sense improvement!
Progress comes at a price,
The Dancing Devil Dog
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