Reflection Paper On Ballet

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In the past nine weeks in ballet, I have been working on all of my goals that I wished to strive for to the best of my ability. By challenging myself this semester I realized that I had a chance to work on my goals that I have wanted to improve on, but to still be able to work on my previous goals that I had. I intend to remain focused and improve my work ethic as I continue to progress on previous goals while also sharpening on my technique. Ballet has never been strong for me, but I feel like my work ethic is making me strive to continue to achieve my goals that I aspire to obtain, and to progress as a dancer. Having a strong work ethic will all enable me to achieve my goals and progress as a dancer.
One goal I have worked with in class …show more content…

I feel that this has been a goal I need to continue to still work on because this is not a habit I have, but each combination does not have the same rhythm in it. An example where I noticed that I had to work on picking up the timing is when we learned the Sleeping Beauty variation for the midterm. Picking up the accents in this combination is something that I struggled with, especially since I thought I was going to mess up a lot.
Staying lifted in my core has been another concern for the semester with my goals. This has been a goal since week three which still needs work on. In class we had the pirouette talk as a class where we talked about how to stay in line as we are turning. Staying lifted will help me with turning in my pirouettes. It will help me to be balanced as I am in releve as well and stay engaged in my core. I have been working on this goal at the barre and in the center. This goal can continue to benefit me in my training in the future because if I am able to stay in line I wont lose my balance while I am in the …show more content…

I want to continue to progress and working on achieving my previous goals that I had of improving my musicality, movement, and staying lifted. One new goal that I would like to have about six more weeks is to be able to continue to still focus on my technique by working on every detail that is needed in each combination. This has been something recently that I needed to work on because there are moments where I rush with specific things in combinations and it does not show that I completely executing the

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