My friend Andalee of NC has launched Belly Dance at Any Size within the past day or so. I’ve watched her thoughtfully develop this project and am so excited for its launch. The idea is belly dance can be for anyone, regardless of size. And I support that idea entirely. Andalee has developed the idea [...]

Now that finals are more or less over for me, I’ve been trying to resume a steady dedicated to ballet. Reawakening those muscles and trying to get back to one’s previous strength and flexibility is a bit of challenge in any dance form if one hasn’t been so good about attending classes or practicing. What [...]

I’ve thoroughly been enjoying my return to Bharatanatyam. My legs are tired, but taking the time out week to go my class is worth it. Switching styles yet again has been somewhat difficult. I think it’s good to keep things fresh, but it is a bit frustrating that what was acceptable at one school is [...]

Middle Eastern dance workshops are not easy, mind you, but there is a sense of familiarity with them. I know how to shimmy, hip drop, and so on. I’ve been to enough that I know how my body handles them. Ballet workshops were completely foreign to me. However, I figure why not try one out? [...]

I attended a pointe class on Saturday . Even though I don’t think I’m at a place where I’m ready for pointe, I wanted to see what goes into the training. I’m still amazed how I started ballet with the pure interest of improving my Middle Eastern dance and now have some small term goals [...]

I spent the past few days perusing various message boards on ballet and found some interesting ideas on practice. Some beginning adult ballet dancers were advised not to practice by more veteran dancers/teachers. Why? The more experienced people felt that practicing can instill bad habits or poor technique ingrained in muscle memory; going to class [...]

Despite being a bit sore today, going to my ballet class was a good idea. I thought about skipping again and relaxing at home, but I decided that would probably turn into a cycle again where I stop going. Ballet was incredibly relaxing, arguably more than staying at home would be. I sometimes forget how [...]

Remember Scrubs? I happened to love that show, except for that random last season. Anyway, they had one of the better theme songs for a show. That’s about how I’m feeling really now. I am no Superman. The last week has been taxing on me. I came back from spring break with a mysterious illness [...]

Spring break wasn’t quite as relaxing as I had hoped. If you follow me on Twitter, I’ve been tweeting about two of my cats. They have had issues that required vet attention. One cat, Wepeel, had a mole mysteriously appear on his ear, the other cat, Yoshimi, has been wheezing and lost her appetite. The [...]

To make up for all the ballet classes I missed, I decided to double up this week. My schedule only permitted a class called “Ballet Blast”, which is labeled as a fitness class. I have been to the beginning ballet classes here, but I have never been to a ballet fitness class. I figured it [...]