...And 1,2,3,4

So last night was my first ballet lesson since I was a little kid. It was so much fun. We learnt so much in one night - mostly about positioning and stuff. I learnt what first, second and third are (standing postions) and what the arm positions for first through fifth are. As well as some other stuff along the way.

Mum and I had a few giggles at each other in the beginning as we were trying to balance on demi-point in first while holding our arms away from our body with our hands head width apart (I can't remeber what exactly this is called but it is something that makes me thin of Barberanne...)

The amount of control you need over your body is just nuts. You think you are being so very graceful and then you get a glimpse in the mirror and blech it doesn't quite look as special as it feels.

I used muscles that I haven't known about for a very very long time although I don't hurt this morning. I think that's probably because I went straight to swing dancing after the class. It was amazing, I was so in the mood for swing dancing after ballet. I just needed the freedom of movement I think.

It was also very interesting to see the different syles of teaching. Ballet was very much explained briefly while we watched. We gave it a razz and then the music was on. Then on to the next thing. Swing involved a lot more talking but more joking about but less music. Hmmm... I wonder if there is a dance form that combines all the awesomeness of both classes. Or maybe us swing dancers need to be quiet more often.....