Yesterday I came across this beautiful picture of a young aspiring ballerina named Robbie Downey stretching her leg with ease. She was advertising a stretching tool called Stretch Strap I. I don't own that particular stretching strap but I have another I use and like. She has info. about this strap
here.
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Aspiring ballerina Robbie Downey
Her website is here.
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I have been following Robbie's FB page and have watched some videos of her dancing and she's wonderful to watch. I KNOW I should not be comparing myself to her in any way shape or form, but I am in awe of how flexible some people are. I know it comes with hard work and is much more easily attained in younger dancers, but I have been stretching every night and have improved over the last few months.
I can almost do my right side splits (my left side needs work) and my middle splits are probably not attainable in this lifetime, but I'm trying!
In the meantime here is my attempt to pull my leg over my head like
Robbie above.
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| my valiant attempt on the right to pull my darn leg up. I'm working on it folks. |
I think my biggest frustration with ballet so far has been my lack of flexibility (relatively speaking). My turnout has improved drastically since I started back in Sept., my port de bras has gotten better, and I'm able to follow simple choreography- but damn the flexibility required is so hard in ballet. This is probably why there are not all that many adults who take ballet. Although throughout my journey I've found some great resources. Here are some of my favorite Adult Ballerina resources:
Adult Ballerina Project run by Kristen Gillette
I know. I love her.
Adult Beginner- exactly that, although she's been dancing for a few years now.
I love her "first class" stories.
but I love her site and her pictures are an inspiration to all adult dancers.
Keep dancing!
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