The Studio

The Studio

where being comes before doing

ON HER BALLET TRAINING: Krissy started training at the age of 19 to the amusement of friends and to the horror of her parents. She is a Level C student at the Turning Pointe School of Ballet and dances under the tutelage of former soloist of the Philippine Ballet Theater, Ms. Mylene Saldana. Krissy joined the school in August 2004 but went on a leave of absence in January 2005 to attend to her academics. Krissy resumed attendance in July 2005 and is now doing pointe work. She treats each class as another chance to look less like a delusional klutz and more like a ballerina. She hates left turns and pique en arabesques.

Sunday, February 05, 2006

We've graduated from Saturday Pointe Class to Friday AND Saturday Pointe Class. Geez, my Achilles tendon is killing me and I've successfully murdered two more nails. We tried nailing pirouettes on pointe but I landed on my butt after spinning half of the way. Butt sore but at least I got around by 180 degrees which shouldn't be so bad compared to not being able to releve and turn at all.

Oh did I mention the blisters? Yeah, I have five as of latest count. Where in the world are they coming from?! I'm taping all of my toes already and using a spacer. All this padding calls for serious experimentation. I'm thinking the bruised toenails and blisters are obvious signs that I haven't gotten the right "concoction" of padding yet. That or I really need new toe-pads.

I still love ballet.

scribbled by Krissy | 10:04 PM

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