We all looked at each other wondering what new dance we will be learning today. We had no idea we had exciting news coming. "Today, you girls will be learning a brand new dance", says my ballet teacher. We were letting out whispers of excitement. My teacher then clapped her hands to get our attention back. "Now, I understand you girls are excited. But I am ensuring you the dance is hard and requires good proper and amazing technique. I want no mistakes. Clear?", asked our teacher. We all nodded our head. My ballet teacher's name is Teacher Regina. She has taught ballet for almost 30 years now. She also has a daughter who is now around 20 years old who also teaches ballet at En Pointe Academy Of Dance. My teacher walked across the studio to where the cd player was at. She put the cd in the player and pressed play. A few music bars floated out. The music was very fairy-like soothing and elegant. She said before learning this dance she wants to show a vedio of a girl in the Royal Academy Of Dance (RAD) demonstrating the dance we were about to learn. The four of us gathered at her laptop and she clicked the play button. We were all amazed by her dancing skills. My teacher then said she wanted us to dance like her. We turned from excited to scared. The four of us were able to pick up and learn dances quickly, but after watching the vedio of the girl dancing ballet with the most amazing technique we have ever seen, we weren't to sure about ourselves anymore. We watched the vedio over and over for about 3 times. We began to feel more excited and nervous at the same time.
But, we were confident and we believed in ourselves that we can dance as well as the girl in the vedio and produce amazing technique as well as her too. We walked over to one of the corners of the dance studio and stood in the begining pose of the dance. Our teacher demonstrated the first few steps of the dance. In the opinion of Ariel Yasmine Grace and I, the first few steps was pretty easy. After reviewing the first few steps of the new dance for about half an hour, we calmed down our bodies with a brief number of streches. We streched by putting one leg on the barre and doing a few plies and rises. We also flexed and pointed our toes. We would also touch our toes and complain of pain. Yasmine would also complain her legs will hurt. She would groan out loud and we would laugh hysterically.
