Hey guys, IM SOOO HAPPY! On Thursday night dance i did the splits for the first time ever!!!! I also danced the best ive ever danced so im so happy!!!
Thursday
I arrive to contemporary 20 mins early and find Ellie(girl from my old studio) up in the waiting area with her mum, still on her school uniform. I talk to them for a bit, then take Ellie to get changed. We have to walk through the big studio to get to the toilets so it's really awkward, but I guess everyone has to do it. I sit down by the toilets and wait for her, and I can hear the other jazz class going in the small studio which is right next to the toilets. I listen to them, and Hannah is their teacher, so I listen to them dance. Ellie comes out dressed in a pink top and really cool black capris with see through bits at the bottom. 'I love the pants!' I say to her as we walk back to the waiting room. 'Thanks my mum packs my dance bag soo..' she says to me. I find it weird that her mum does it but I don't say anything because her mum obviously really cares about her dancing and that's really cool. We stretch and talk for a bit, and we talk about our old studio a little bit. Caitlin arrives, and I feel sorta bad because I'm talking to Ellie and she's just sitting there. Ellie pulls out a pair of foot undies, because her mum works at a dance shop, and I know that they will be really useful for her even though no one else wears them, they really help with turns. Hannah calls us in, we are in the small studio today. The warm up goes well, I literally almost know it off by heart, because i did it in jazz last year and in classes this year too. When we do the kicks, i surprise myself because in kicking SO high. "Have you been working on your flexibility Sophie?" Hannah asks. 'Maybe..' i reply. I have been stretching every day, but i didn't think it was enough to get me THIS flexible! im really happy, because there is only 4 of us that are in contemporary this week, and no one has done it before, but i literally know EVERYTHING from jazz. This contemporary lesson was the best ever because i am the oldest and leader so Hannah always makes me go first. At the end of contemporary we do stretch, and i am unusually flexible today, i already noticed that when we did kicks and leaps before. I can stretch so well, and i get into the splits when we do them!!! I am so happy because this is the first time ever!!!
After class Hannah talks to Caitlin and Ellie. Ellie is going to make her decision between contemporary and lyrical, and i REALLY hope she chooses contemporary because its really fun with her! i wait in the room between the two studios for her, and put on my jazz shoes. She comes ina d i ask her is she enjoyed it, she says she really did, and shes gonna do contemporary instead of lyrical. Im soooo excited even tough i dont really know her but i am really confider around her and we talk lots. She says that he mum is gonna be like 20 minutes so i tell her she can watch us in jazz till her mum gets here. we go back to the small studio. I go in with the rest of my class and Ellie watches at the door. We do stretches and Hannah smiles and winks at me and i groan because i dont think i can take any more stretches!!! We then go onto corner work and i do pretty well, but my knee locks and my leg almost collapses a few times, i think theyre just weak from lots of dance. There is no one in the big studio, so we move into there and do more corner work, including the new kick combo that we learnt last week. We then move onto turns, and Hannah teaches us how to do pique turns. I pick them up prety quick which is good, but i still cant spot so im sooo dizzy, but luckily im not the only one because one girl falls over!!! We then do a warmdown, and i can still get into the splits, but better than in contemporary!!! When i do my right splits i feel a pinch in my leg and sit up, thinking that its just something on the floor, thwn go back down. It happened again and i say 'oww'. 'whats wrong Sophie?" Hannah asks. "my leg is pinching!" i say. "you've probably stretched the skin" she tells me. I hope i dont get like stretch marks or anything ! i think to myself. We finish 5 mins early, and since we are the last class, we have to lock up. We all stand in the front of the building waiting for our parents. Hannah comes down the stairs, and says we have to quickly get out because she has set the alarm, she didnt know it was raining, so we have to stand in the rain. Luckily my dad is already here so i run over and get in the car. BEST DANCE CLASSES EVER!!!!