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▲ 8 r/BALLET

There’s an older post from a few years ago, but I’m curious if anyone has feedback on Kathy’s pointe and Ballet 1/2/3 and turn/pirouette classes?

I’m ~a month into taking pointe classes elsewhere and very much still a beginner (both hands on barre, etc) and was curious if her class is beginner friendly.

I’ve taken beginner (non-intro) classes (BBT) elsewhere for ~4 months as a returning dancer from a long break.

Would her regular classes be appropriate for me? Also curious about her classes for turns - I struggle doing consistent clean single turns and was curious if her priorities classes are beg friendly, or do everyone there is working on doubles/triples etc.

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u/KeynesCrackpot — 9 days ago
▲ 7 r/adultballetdancers

Hi y’all!

I was approved to go en pointe a month ago, have been doing 1x (sometimes 2x) pointe classes, which is usually just 30 minutes of barre a week at a normal technical class, and then I do center on flats. I take regular class on flats 3x-4x a week.

Should I be increasing this to 2x minimum? Will rolling up/down at home help? I’ve been reading online and some say that 1x a week isn’t sufficient to build up the necessary strength.

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u/KeynesCrackpot — 10 days ago
▲ 46 r/BALLET

I made a post a month ago on some pretty bad big toe pain I had in my first pair of Nickolay Tamara’s: https://www.reddit.com/r/BALLET/s/ChWV0gwn7E

I was able to bear through (and modify) my old shoes and lasted a month before I decided it was time to try (again). I’m grateful for all the helpful advice and have some… worries on what I’ve been fitted in.

I went to a different fitter that offered 1 hour fittings. We tried on dozens of shoes before I was ultimately fitted in the Suffolk Stratfords. Three issues I’m currently going through:

  1. I am having major pain in the wings of suffolks, I relayed this to the fitter and she reassured me this was common and would break in. I’m not blistering but the skin is definitely getting red and irritated.
  2. Unfortunately I think this pain might have been masking other pain, and as I continued to wear them at home I realized I was still having big toe pain, although it’s noticeably less painful than my prior shoes. The pain noticeably reduces when I use the same fixes for my prior shoes (lamb’s wool on right foot, gel cap on left)
  3. Another concern I have is that I look like I’m knuckling in these shoes (?!?!).

I’m genuinely almost in crisis at possibly having spent more money again for shoes that might not be great.

u/KeynesCrackpot — 12 days ago
▲ 3 r/Petloss

I’ve known this friend’s dog for over six years, basically since mine was a puppy. They formed a big connection and played so well together, even as they grew up. We had so many play dates, hikes, hang-outs….

This dog passed away extremely suddenly and I’m so gutted. I’ve basically spent the day intermittently crying and almost feel guilty…like I’m being overly dramatic because this isnt my dog. I’m so sad because I just assumed we’d have many more years of play dates left.

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u/KeynesCrackpot — 12 days ago