I took my first ballet and tap class en femme with Lady Ellen of LaFemme in her Valley Forge Pennsylvania location. It was wonderful and she is a very very good and patient instructor.
My tap class which I took individually was very difficult learning all the taps, toe stamps, heel stamps and brushes. However, it was very liberating and I was dressed in a black long sleeve ladies leotard, flesh color fishnet dance tights with contrasting black back seams and mary jane style tap shoes. Lady Ellen gave me homework for our next session so I have a lot of practice to do over the next 10 days.
Next it was ballet with another gurl in a joint lesson. Here I was in a long sleeve pink leotard, flesh color sheer to waist Cervin Pantyhose with brown back seam and pyramid style heel, pink slippers and a a dark brown wig. Lady Ellen pulled my hair back in a ponytail with a pink ribbon and I wore just a little bit of lipstick. First we stretched. Then we did Plies as well as tendus, round de jeans, turns, port de bras and grand plies. We also went across the floor on our tippy toes to build up our arches. It was all so wonderful that the hour went very fast.
I am scheduled to return in about 10 days. Please know Lady Ellen has very reasonable rates and if we could get more gurls it would be most beneficial as a larger class would lend itself to a bigger studio with more room. This location accomodates about 3 gurls at a time. In any event it was not my intent to steal your thunder Jamie but if any of you ladies really want to experience dance as a women in a caring and supportive environment either in northern NJ or southeastern PA then this is a wonderful opportunity.
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Best Wishes Ladies.
Fondly,
Martha