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Today I nearly did a double pirouette. It was like 1 3/4. But still! 

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I made it to one class at the ballet school I refer to as the bourgeois school, although I was almost too tired from work.  In class, I realized quickly just how tired I was. There were three teenage summer intensive dancers in our class which made me so nervous because they were literally perfect and engrossed the attention of our teacher for nearly the entire class.  I was flustered during class for our last combination when my teacher noticed and said “It’s okay, you almost have it. You look soooo much better than the first time you were here.” I turned a violent crimson and stopped dead in my tracks unaware of the audience that had amassed in the doorway filled with younger guys onlooking with anticipation for our class to be over and a mix of embarrassment/empathy for myself. 

“I’ll take that as a compliment?” I said and grabbed my bag and darted out.

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I woke up and dragged myself to the glamorous ballet school this morning. I get so nervous I nearly puke before class. I suppose I feel nauseous because this is a difficult intermediate class. At this glamorous school everyone looks exactly the same. It's so strange. There are kids of all ages smashing their feet into shoes, talking about food and laying in the splits. I step over them trying to find our class.

My class was so packed we had to stand close together. It was very difficult and I ended up standing next to the best girl in the class. We worked a lot on pas de cheval (which has been months since I have done) and tricky developpe/envelope footwork with plies and releves. 

Our teacher was incredible. He knew what to correct, had complex combinations and made ballet FUN which let me tell you is not easy. I laughed at our complicated jumps across the floor as the next class full of teenage guys stared at us and made everyone self conscious.

Overall I am so happy I decided to go and may keep going to this class on the weekends.