Well, that went well. I'm not at liberty to discuss it but I'm thinking you really should tune in to your local Fox network this summer.
So, I feel like I'm on vacation. Like at summer camp (except it's f*-ing cold). After ending my days as a corporate hamster, I have moved to Little Rock in pursuit of excellent, polished, badass dancing. I have come to study with a mentor of mine. We'll call her (as I call her) "Miss A". Miss A is a classical ballet aficionado. She is, in my opinion, the best thing to happen to anybody who studies ballet technique. Now, a lot of ballet dancers may not agree with all of her ideas and methods - but we will deal with them after I make my millions...
To catch you up if you, yourself, are not a dance junkie, ballet dancers have many "styles" and "techniques" to choose from to execute ballet movement. Wikipedia: classical ballet to catch yourself up. Understandably, there are many different lines of thought then when it comes to execution of ballet. Some people say the leg should do this, some say it should look that that, some prefer this kind of extension - and it's not that they're is one way of doing things, there are many ways to do practically the same movement. Unless you're talking to Miss A. Miss A's approach to ballet technique (ballet being the supreme elite dance technique in all the world - I can barely do ballet, and I still think this) is that there is only one way to execute all movement possibilities. That is, literally working from an anatomically aligned position (held through built musculature) in which the pelvis hangs straight up and down - so that basically you can put the arms, legs, torso, and head anywhere you want to. Just like playing tag when you're a kid - when you know where base is (base being anatomically aligned with a stable pelvis) you can do whatever you want to with your body. If you get lost (i.e. can't perform a movement possibility like high extensions, or a super arabesque, or a badass jump) just come back to base.
So that all might be lost on you, which is fine - you don't really need to know any of that. But I do. I pretty much plan on being a major breadwinner for whatever family I plan on having down the line, and since I want to dance, I need to know my shit. And that means knowing my instrument. And that means knowing my body. And that means more than just dancing for art's sake. It means scientifically being able to count on my body to do amazing things. April will be my next milestone in my career, and the next time to check to see how my plan is coming along. It's painful to be dancing all the time, and be literally deconstructing how my body works - but honestly, I wouldn't haven't any other way.
As far as 2008 - so far, so good...
1 comment:
Just keep doing what you're doing JD. As hard as it may be now and I know that you're not getting as much rest as you would like, just hang in there. Like I said before I'm not wishing you luck cause luck is for those who really need it. You don't. You're one of the ones that can breathe under water =)
Love ya bro....keep up the hard work! xoxo
Viv
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