the male dancer all you need for ballet & dance for beginners & advanced register for free now !  de - en - es - nl tribute for all women Users online: 17 [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Name (register):  Password registered user:  Email address (optional):  Subject:  Text formatting:                     [i]BalletMaster, I am not the originator of this thread, but I did also reply. I am 47, and currently sidelined with a stress fracture of the right ankle, due to a flawed landing at the end of a grand jete. I intend to resume classes after I heal, but one of the greatest obstacles I've encountered in class (other than middle-aged joints) is an inability to remember exactly what I am supposed to be doing somewhere around the middle of the increasingly complex combinations I'm supposed to be learning. I've "progressed" into classes which are sufficiently<br>advanced that the instructor assumes that everyone will remember what she says the first time, no need to repeat.<p>Watching the people around me no longer works, if it ever did, because in reacting to what someone else is doing, I'm off-count, a half-measure to a measure behind in the music. Anyway, if the woman I'm observing is also wrong, then we're both screwing up. It's unnerving; also, hard to recover without stopping altogether, then restarting.<p>So, any memory aids for class will be most welcome!<p>Thanks.<p>My email address is: billthe3rd@earthlink.net.<br><br>[/i] URL of own homepage (optional):  Name of homepage (without the homepage will not show!):  URL of a picture (optional):       Tags for smilies [neener]   [lurk]   [fire]   [grmpf-blue]   [grmpf-red]   [grmpf]   [brood-blue]   [brood-lilac]   [brood-red]   [brood]   [heart-pink]   [heart]   [kiss]   [normal]   [oh-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [oh]   [acidic-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [acidic]   [smile-orange]   [smile]   [pointed]   [updown]   [twinkle]