Im so sad that today was the last day with Mrs.Luba. These past 2 weeks have been phenomenal and I have grown so much as a dancer. I can’t wait for next year already. Today in technique we did a lot of piques and pique arabesques. In the partnering class we did promenades, shoulder sits, and a bunch of whip turns. Today was very fun and I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself now that the intensive is over😭. Words cannot describe how much I will miss this and how amazing it was.
Day 11
Wow today was a long day…in addition to regular class we had rehearsals and an end of intensive show! This has been the best day so far! We made so many improvements to our dances before the show and they looked great. I did well, but I could’ve done a bit better with control and not rushing at some parts. Im so sad tomorrows the last day😢.
Day 10
whoops forgot to post yesterday😬….anyways yesterday was great we cleaned pizzicato (en pointe) a lot and did pointe work. The technical portion of class was extra tiring today, but it was still tons of fun. We did many turns from fifth and fourth and we did endedan and endehor soutenus (which I have greatly improved over the past 2 weeks). The show is tomorrow and I’m super excited😃 (Well technically today, but if I wrote this yesterday like I should’ve..it would’ve been tomorrow😂).
Day 9
Today was a bit more challenging due to the fact that we had yesterday off. We did a lot of soutenus and balancing. It was very fun and when it’s over I will miss it. We continued working on Pizzicato, but in flat shoes today. In modern we did a lot of floor work that you have to engage your center and abdominals which I definitely need to work on and make a habit. I’m excited for pointe tomorrow even though tomorrow I will have new bruises and blisters.😂😬😬
Day 8
Plies are probably my favorite thing to do at the barre… I don’t know what but I get so excited when we do a pliés after warming up our feet😂😂. Today was fun and filled with across the floor and some petite allegro. I focused on really pointing through my whole foot and not half doing it. In modern we learned our dance for the performance on Friday…it needs a little bit of cleaning, but it’s good for learning it in an hour.:)
Day 7
My feet are dead…but that’s ok we did a lot of great center pointe work and continued to work on pizzicato. I really need to focus on pulling up my body when I dance…especially in balancing and turning. Tomorrow I’m really going to focus on pulling up and engaging all my muscles.👍🏻
Day 6
We started off class differently today…we practiced how we enter and exit stages. The barre work was a bit easier and shorter. We did a lot of center work and some adagio. In our partnering class there was a shortage of boys…..so we just partnered with girls😂😂. All of it was super fun, especially the finger turns. That was my first time partnering and I learned a lot of the mechanics and how to properly do lifts. It was tons of fun!;)
Day 5
Today was so fun we did a lot of great center work and more soutenus. In the modern class we did triplets and double stag leaps. All the stretches we did were fantastic and I will definitely be doing them at home and I’m so excited for tomorrow’s partnering class.
Day 4
Today was sooo fun…we did a lot of barre work. In the pointe portion of the class I really grasped and learned how to scoop my feet in and up when I go en pointe. My echappes greatly improved as well as my piques. We continued learning the Pizzicato variation and I can’t wait to finish it!
(Ik in the pic my turnout is lacking….😬)
Day 3
Sorry forgot to post I totally forgot😳😂…anyways on day 3 we did tons soutenus and pirouettes en dedan and eh dehor and thankfully mine were much better. I surprisingly wasn’t sore which was a relief and we did modern too which is nice and relaxing after a tough grueling technical class:)
Day 2
Today was thoroughly tiring….my everything is super sore😂😬. It was physically demanding and required all of my focus and determination, but it was super fun. We did pointe work today which was challenging. We also started on a variation that is hard, but if it’s done right it is beautiful. Can’t wait for tomorrow!
Day 1
Wow…the first day of the intensive with the incredible Luba Gulyaeva was way better and than I ever could’ve expected. I had so much fun and I can’t wait for tomorrow! I learned so much and sweated a lottt😅. We did a hour and 30 minutes of technique and barre work and a hour of modern. I need to work on en dedan and en dehor turns though😳. I can’t wait to see what these 2 weeks have in store:)
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