Ballet

By dancingbunny14

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Just a little bit about ballet. This story follows my life and my meager ballet career. It's a bit random a... More

Perfectionists
"I look so pretty in the dark"
Robin Goodfellow
Sweets
Speechless
Pointe shoes
Hole in my shoe
Em
You know you're a ballerina when........
Fouette the day away
BIG NEWS!!!!
In the big city
Performances
The art of putting your hair in a bun.
Things Ballet teachers say
Dancing while sick
Time
Pic
God is good
Ballet girls vs normal girls
My ballet bag
Long Rehearsals
Translating
Sweet story
Pointe shoes & rain
Ballet bags
Nightmare
Fall
Ms N.
New Pointe shoes!!
Demo
The curtain closes
My first demo
Practice makes perfect
No yawning in class
Story
New cover
The dreaded cast list
Story part 2
Back in my day
Dancers and Sports
Yay, pointe??
Choreography
Camp
New story
Annoying muscles
Finale
Session ending
Wisdom teeth and Ballet?
Dancers and Running
Ballerina=clumsy?
A toast to my old studio
I love my new studio
Edna's story
Ballet teachers and their moods
Helen's story
Coffee+ballet teacher
Free Dress
Procrastinating
Disecting pointe shoes
Pretty pretty pointe shoes
Picking the wrong spot in the barre
I love my water bottle
Putting on ballet clothes
Painted toes + ballet
Trying to stay fit
Stretching
My favorite costumes
Self Massage
Cross-Fit Training
Dancing on the beach
Ballerina and our weird antics
Ballet + Fourth of July????
A Sad Thought
Owww
Mr. Stick again
Back at Ballet
I thought my core was strong
Private coaching, YIKES!!
Yay!!!!
Celerey and Oreos
Ouch
How to tell you have a good ballet teacher
Someone stole our studio
Jester
Compliments
Weird things teachers say 2.0
Irony
Don't be late!!
Demo!!
The actual Demo
Backstage, sort of
Purple in a sea of black
Pointe shoes and the airport?
Purple toe
Fourth time is the charm
Octopus face
Almost last update!!!
Last update!!!!
Author's note

Marley vs Hardwood

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By dancingbunny14

  Almost all of my life I have danced on the same hardwood floor.  However, when I went to try out for other studios, I came across Marley flooring.  While it took me a couple months to get used to the different flooring, now I believe that I really prefer Marley flooring.  It's more consistent and less slippery and sticky than hardwood.  It also requires less risk than hardwood.  One of the things that I also love is that when you land on your knee, it is way less painful. 
  Also, I don't think I could do contemporary with all of the rolls on hardwood floor.  I mean, I tried to do a baseball slide (contemporary move) on my hardwood floor at home and I kind of scraped up my knee.  Oh well, live and learn.

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