New Year's Resolutions

     With the start of the new year, many people have decided to make New Year resolutions. As a dancer, mine is to actively apply all the corrections my teacher gives me. Personally, after the teachers gives me a correction, I practice the move again, applying the correction, but I soon forget to apply it by the end of class. As a result of this, my technique will not improve as much as I would like it to. Another way to make sure you consistently apply corrections is to pay attention to each of the corrections the techers gives you and at the end of class, write them down. Before your next dance class, read the corrections again, envisioning how it felt and what it should look like to get the most out of every correction. Here's an example of some improvement in my arabesque since my spring show in 2014 to the winter show in 2014.

Spring:

Winter:

Sorry about the weird face on the last one, all dancers make their own unique (and sometimes strange) faces while they fight fatigue to continue dancing.  Since the spring, my arabesque has gotten closer to a 90 degree angle, my arch has improved, my legs became straighter, and my feet point more. I hope this post provided insight to some New years resolutions you cn do as a dancer. Happy New Year!