Low on the Go!

man i honestly love love love ballet. there's nothing like the feeling after a good class.

yum.

and the old women who come up after class and say "oh darling, you are such a beautiful dancer." add to the fun goodness too. even if its an untruth, it still feels nice to be good at something. hehe.

y'all are all welcome to come watch a class anytime (no performance this year, sorry!) oh..by "y'all" i mean the people i actually know. not random blog stalkers. that would be kinda freaky.

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now, while we're on the subject of ballet, lets talk about one of lydia's BIGGEST pet peeves.

i hate it when guys diss ballet, as though its something girly. That conception stems from ignorance and a desire for guys to seem macho. Makes me so mad. i'd like to see anyone--even a football player lift a 120 pound, 6 foot girl over their heads and jump and run at the same time. The endurance and strength needed is phenomenal. Not to mention the gift of artistry required in combination with the mental effort required. i wish macho guys would just get over themselves and stop trying to put up this image that artistry and emotion are for girls. And as an aside, even football players go to the National Ballet for training.

Oh, and btw, the two guys in my class on saturdays are buff and good looking AND sweet. which i'd take any day over guys who are really just insecure about their masculinity and mask it by being macho.

AHH. just makes me so irritated.

Anyways, tell me that yosuke mino doesn't look buff here. i mean check out those muscles. muscles which i'm sure most guys don't even know they possess.



oh, and girls who dance aren't pansies either. check out these puppies. not mine, but not far from what mine used to look like when i did pointe work. its a day to celebrate when you bleed through your shoe. ^_^