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This week my strength is the same as I work through my feet. This week it was noticeable within the fondue exercises and when we have to fondue open in second position. A weakness would be strengthening through my legs and keeping me arabesque line. I will work on strengthening my legs by going through the Adage exercise in my own time. A target for next class will be to work on my alignment with in my arabesque. As you can see in this picture my legs are not strong enough to hold up higher.

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A strength for this class would be barre work and working through my feet when it comes to Glissés. A weakness would be that I don’t keep my tail bone tucked during plié exercises and rises, this can be worked on during class and at home. A target for next lesson will be to concentrate on my weakness for this weak but still keep focus on the other barre exercises.

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This week I got told that I needed to hold my centre because when we do centre work and from the corner I tend to forget about it and my work looks sloppy instead of stronge so my target for next week is to concentrate more on holding my centre so my work looks stronger when I'm not at the barre.

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Today we got told about etiquette in a ballet classroom that is to be applied to all lectures. I didn't really understand what the term etiquette meant before Elise told me. I have done a bit of research on top of what Elise said. Etiquette in a ballet class means that there is to be no talking as you tend to learn and listen more in a quiet calm environment. Also it is very important that I am on time to class and not late! If I was to be late I could then end up disrupting the class, missing out on important exercises and having to squeeze myself into a space at the barre, but I know that this would not be allowed and after missing the barre exercises I would be marked as absent and would not be allowed in the class. The importance of Ballet clothing is crucial. Wearing the correct attire shoes how serious you are. Sports bras, bare legs and messy hair is inappropriate. Ballet shoes are very important because they protect the dancers feet during lessons. A black leotard and pink footed tights are so the teacher is able to give corrections appropriately. Having a dress code also teaches discipline which is very important in the arts of any dance. I found this information on this website https://www.danceclass.com/ballet-class-etiquette.html
I believe this information should count for all classes.

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Today we learnt a new exercise in the centre of the room after we had been on the bars. I found it difficult to do the new exercise and we will be continuing with it next week, so my target will be to rehearse it and know it by next week. We also learnt how to do a Fouetté. I found these very hard because first I need to perfect my pirouette because I find it difficult to keep the leg that is in Releve straight. I also think too much about turning instead of just going up. Another target would be to work on my developpe because my legs are not strong enough to lift from behind and so I lift from my bum instead

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Today in class if found it very difficult to lift my leg from underneath my leg instead of from my bum. This is because I don't have strength in the back of my leg in order to do this. I will research how to build up strength behind my legs to be able to understan how to be able to have the strengthI also need to build strength in my feet I will do this by working my feet through the floor.

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This week I had the same corrections but I held my core more when doing the exercise to make sure I didn't fall again and hurt myself. When we did the Adagio I let my shoulders go and arch my back. Elise gave me feedback on how I can prevent this. It's not about how high my leg can go, it's about having the correct placement. My legs are not strong enough to bring my leg higher so I will not to look at leg strengthening exercises and work through these in order to build strength and muscle in my legs. I find it difficult to hold my Developpe Devant but easier to hold it in Derrier. Because my back muscles are stronger.

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This week I had to correct my shoulders and alignment. I kept letting my core go and losing balance. I did this when we did chase pa's de bourre into pirouette and I slipped and landed on the floor. This isn't a good thing because I could have really injured myself. I need to work on this for next week

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Today was my first ballet lesson, I had many corrections but the main one was for sickling my foot. I didn't realise I was doing it and so when I got corrected I didn't know I was in the wrong. One of the girls helped to sit my foot correctly, as soon as she did this I felt he difference. This helped me because if I kept sickening my foot I could damage my ligaments.