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"There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them" Vicki Baum

Friday 16 November 2012

Let's Go for a Run

But why? you might ask! Well because we're in ballet of course! 

When you watch people run, aside from feeling sorry for the poor so-and-sos, I generally don't think it looks that difficult - at least from a purely mechanical point of view. I mean you see toddlers doing it all the time so it must be easy right? 

WRONG! It is in fact a lot harder and a lot more entertaining than you'd think. Well at least it is when you're running in circles on your demi-pointe whilst holding everything up (aka trying not to shake from laughing) and not using your arms. Ballerinas make it look weightless and as easy as breathing on stage - we made it look more like the ministry of funny walks especially when @MlleGinger is chasing you and adding a certain amount of urgency to the situation. 

Whilst this was fun, I have, after a lot of careful consideration (involving all sorts of complex statistical analysis) come to the conclusion that Phoebe had the right idea all along - so can we please do it like this next week:




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