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Not many news from this side of the Atlantic. The ballet school follows the timetable of the regular schools, so there won't be any classes until the end of August. I have signed up for the same two...

A little update from across the pond. No breakthrough regarding the piruettes. After one and half turns I still experience that the upper body has swung out of the centre line and I have to abort....

I have a pancake type tutu (which includes a body), nearly 4 feet in diameter. It is as you're saying Jamie, an odd sensation to prance around in a tutu. For the Russion type you can't see your legs,...

Last class for this term for us adult beginners. Also a class where friends and relatives can to come and watch. The instructor said jokingly that we should do the class in tutus, but it was fun to...

Norway isn't there yet. Persons wanting this has to undergo SRS. This is illegal according to Amnesty, and even goes against our own discrimination laws. The Norwegian Directorate of Health has put...

News from across the pond. The new semester started 2 weeks ago. I'm attending two classes per week. One for adults that have danced before and one more directed at beginners. The latter turns out to...

Just a little update from this side of the pond. The semester ended a couple of weeks ago. Still, lots of ballet this week so far. Last sunday I watched the school's version of "Alice in wonderland"....

I have been to the SCC once. As far as I know there is no rule saying you have to dress up every day. You can dress up part of the day or just for some of the events.

I wouldn't say great strides. It may be that I have reached a skill level where getting better requires more one-on-one tutoring.

Glad to hear you're back, 4 months is a long time. I haven't stopped, still doing two classes a week (90 minutes each), plus an hour at home in the weekend.

In addition to the UK, in Norway you also have to pay a TV license if you own a box that can receive TV signals. Currently it is about $450 a year.

As Teresa says, most of the time it's worth it....

My family is very accepting. When I came out to them the comment from my eldest niece was "About time something happened in this family".

None that I know of.

Nothing...

It does look simple when watching the guys doing the pirouettes. Just recently I watched a ballet on my home cinema. I get a bit envious when the actor does 3 (or was it 4) turns from 4. position and...

My session ended a week and a half ago. I have signed up for 2 classes a week the next term.

The last class was a bit special. I had to skip a class some weeks ago due to work. To compensate for...

I was in a national TV-series a bit more than 3 years ago, so in principle I am out to everyone. In 8 episodes of 45 minutes the series portrayed 10 transgendered persons (5 transsexuals). It won a...

I too will second the advice to go to a wig store selling wigs to women that need them.

My first wigs were bought online, but wether they looked good or not on me was a hit and miss. The ones I...

Thanks for the update Jamie. I am continuing with my classes too.

My thread seems to be closed, so I'll write a few words here. This semester started a month ago. Now there are 3 adult classes,...

This is also my greatest struggle, and getting older isn't helping. I wonder if the professional dancers have some kind of special trick to remember all the moves. Too often I get lazy and resort to...

To answer Veronica :-)

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I attended the SCC two years ago. Had to cancel last year due to too much workload. As the OP says I found that the majority of the seminars didn't cater to my needs as a non-TS. I did attend one,...

Good to see you're still active Jamie. Summer holidays here, so no classes for me until mid August.

Up til now one of the classes each week has been a beginner's class. Some might think that that...

Mine's pink. No hiding.

End of this semester. Last beginner's class yesterday, last "veterans" class next Monday. Next semester starts in mid August.

I think I am going to sign up for two classes for exerienced dancers....