Hi All: Nothing much new to report from my classes. Just back into the swing with them. I was gone for 4 weeks from my class here in TX as I was on a bit of 3 week vacation back up to Alaska. I did manage to get in about 6 drop-in adult ballet classes over the 3 weeks at a well known Alaskan studio in ANC, that of all places, has a extensive ballet program for adults.
Linda: Glad you are back safe and sound!! Enjoy your time off with your family and being back home till you start your next work adventure.
Barbara Black: Interesting comment you made about finding your balance. What you might find even more interesting about balance is when pro-ballerina's become pregnant, and if they elect (and quite a number do) to continue to dance throughout their pregnancy, they each find that they have to find & re-learn a totally new balance for themselves as their bodies center of gravity continually is changing with their pregnancy. This can be a real challenge esp. for a professional ballerina, and even more so if she is still trying to continue to do pointe work.
Joan_CD, and Randee: Well God knows I would love to take my classes, which I do enjoy so much, enfemme if I could!!! That would be AWSOME!
However, like Ms. Linda stated so well, I also take class at a studio/school that teaches mostly little kids, pre-teens, and teens.....all of whom have their parents always milling about. As it is, I sometimes get strange/weird looks from the "dance dads" (the "dance moms" are usually o.k.) who are dropping off/picking up their kids, even though I am totally dressed as just a normal guy with a T-shirt and sweat pants on waiting for my class to start.
Also, the ladies and I (I am the only regular guy) in our main adult ballet class have all been together now for quite awhile and we have all become good acquaintances with one another. We all have socialized with each other outside of class, going to dinner together, getting coffee after class, and/or going to monthly ballroom dances together (many of ladies in my class are BIG ballroomer's). So, I don't want to ruin anything that I am so enjoying right now by me showing up at the studio dressed for class enfemme.
And finally ya'll just gotta realize that I live in down here in good 'ol south-central Texas where folks in these parts just don't cotton to well to that sort of thing to start with. Now, if I lived in Austin, TX.......,well then,.......things might be a bit different. So I too, like Ms. Linda does, will leave it to my home practice (I have a home practice barre') where I can be dressed enfemme to work-out.
