The Good, The Bad and the Complement

Almost finished with the first Act in Nutcracker, just the exit scene to finish. That and lots and lots or practice. I’ve found the mental block I need to get past…I’m waiting too long when I bow and present my partner so that I can’t get back in time to find her hand and waist and do the next step. Wish I could say that the Pas De Duex classes are going as well. Finding that some of the teens would prefer not to work with me (imagine it has something to do with me being 40 years older than them) so they mark a variation or exercise with each other and only come to me when the instructor tells everyone to get with their partner. So we both end up with less confidence with each other and mess up turns, lifts and poses and I end up getting hit with elbows and hands as they don’t know where I’m supposed to be in relation to them. That gets a little discouraging, dunno if I’ll continue with this class after Nutcracker is finished or not. On the flip side one of my instructors (David Taylor) gave me a great complement after class the other evening by telling me that he has seen marvelous improvement in my work (his words not mine), that really made my day.