Juliet: Triplets

It is week 5 already!  It is daunting how the weeks are just flying by.

I felt really good dancing today; maybe that is because it’s a fresh week. I felt emotionally engaged today and connected in my body. I was very enthusiastic and I felt as if I pushed myself to maximum.

As I know the exercises more each week, I am really going through the motion of the movement and starting to have a ‘nice’ quality of movement, rather than ‘position, position, position.’ This feels so much satisfying to perform and I am sure it will look more satisfying to watch.

I am seeking to improve on my triplets as I feel like they are not my strongest and can be improved greatly. I need to be ‘on top’ of and pull out of my legs. In order to shift my weight through the space lighter and quicker, the force needs to come from the back of my legs and my turn out. Also I need to be on top on demi pointe! My demi pointe still needs a lot of work! I need to stop moving my hips and keep them directed forward. Videoing myself does help me as I can see what I am physically doing from outside eye. It allows me to what the teacher sees. I can see what I need to correct for next time.

I was continually asking myself questions throughout class and one of the recurring questions was:

·       How can I deepen my curve without tensing shoulders and lifting them up?

I feel this is what I will concentrate on next week.

I read this quote today and it really inspired me to make sure I try my hardest to achieve my best: “If a dancer dances – which is not the same as having theories about dancing or wishing to dance or trying to dance or remembering in his body someone else’s dance – but if the dancer dances, everything is there. . . Our ecstasy in dance comes from the possible gift of freedom, the exhilarating moment that this exposing of the bare energy can give us. What is meant is not license, but freedom.” Merce Cunningham (1952)

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