Primary

Today I went to my FDI ballet class for the first time since failing my exam,  i felt quite deflated being there. It was almost embarrassing until I discovered that all the other girls who took exams in that session failed too (except my lovely friend Jo who is Royal Ballet trained) - it made it better some how... It will be fine in the long run, I know I am a good teacher and I know what I need to work on so it'll be ok.

So now I am going to combine my study and my blog - an easily accessible record for me!!! I promise it won't just be ballet!

So today we discussed Primary in depth, all the exercises - and the imagery. 

plies - natural first with equality of movement , bend on 1, straighten on 2, bend on 3, straighten on 4, point the right foot along the natural turnout line on 1, close to natural 1st on 2, repeat with the left on 3 & 4.

Rises need to have sustain - not popping up and down. Imagine an invisible string pulling you up through your head!

Hands and Wrists - make sure you show a difference in quality - staccato and sharp - maybe making magic spells? then calm of body and just the wrist movements being very smooth and equal.

Arm quality - exercises you can try - smoothing their pet cat/dog/hamster/goldfish/dinosaur...

      Catching butterflys - four counts to a crescendo then 4 counts of gentle twinkly music to let                 your butterfly go..

      Waves on the Ocean - waves with the hands - maybe add fishes?

Ok that'll do for now! the next installment tomorrow - aren't y'all lucky!