First partnering injury (sorta)

Lots of fun in the pas de deux class, for something that is supposed to be on the beginning level it’s more like advanced beginner or maybe intermediate. Must be the addition of adult men (myself included) coming to help the girls learn that has encouraged the instructor to go for longer and more complicated combinations. Yikes! So I managed to get my foot stepped on by a pointe shoe and now have a cool rectangular bruise on my right foot just behind the little toe. Sad thing is that this it didn’t happen during one of the center floor combinations or the part of the Peasant Dance from Giselle we worked on but rather during the quick promenade’s leaving the stage. Guess I need to pay more attention to my placement when walking quickly with a partner on my arm. Nutcracker rehearsals going well, finding I have a couple of silly mental blocks that I need to get past so that I am in the right place at the right time.