June 29, 2014

Back to Work!

It’s been a fabulous two weeks off from the blog–but I’ve missed it! HQ and I spent three days on the beach to celebrate my birthday–which was wonderful.2014-06-20 10.47.36-2

After we got home from the beach, I quickly jumped on a train to head out of town again to help one of my friends, Sarah, pack her things up to move:

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Then on Sunday, I came back to Philadelphia pretty early because my parents were in town because my dad had jury duty. We went to Yards Brewery for a tour and then went on a boat tour of the Delaware River:

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Then I spent the rest of the week working. I was finally able to make it to a ballet class Thursday night, which didn’t go as well as I had planned. I was super tired (which seems to be the case whenever I’m in ballet class these days) and managed to mess up a combination that I was kind of upset about. Because I’ve been feeling super tired lately (lack of sleep, I guess)–I didn’t make it to Friday or Saturday’s class.

On that note–if anyone has any tips on how to be awake and alert in night classes–I’d gladly appreciate it. Or just general sleeping tips.

I’ve got another busy work week ahead of me–but I’m hoping to make it to Thursday’s ballet class at least before 4th of July weekend starts!

How has your summer been going so far?

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June 15, 2014

A (Brief) Hiatus

Pink rose birthday cakeI’ll be taking a super brief hiatus over the next week and a half or so.  My birthday is at the end of the week (plus our anniversary is the week after) and I’ve been fairly busy at work, so I feel like a little break is necessary right now.  I want to be able to enjoy the brief free time I have over the next few weeks and not feel like I’m going to go crazy.

I’ve just about run out of ballerinas to profile, so if you or someone you know is interested, please shoot me an email at adultballerinaproject at gmail dot com if you’re interested. If you’ve already been profiled, I’m always looking for guest bloggers as well.

You can also fill out this form if you’re interested in either:

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June 4, 2014

June Challenge: Fitfluential’s Squat Challenge #FFSquat

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I haven’t really posted much about being a Fitfluential Ambassador, but I’ve been one since about April now. They run a lot of awesome tweet chats as well as giveaways and challenges. I haven’t had a whole lot of time to participate in challenges recently, but I figured I’d give their June squat challenge a go, especially since it could help with my running and my dancing.

It’s relatively simple–they’re asking beginners to aim for 1,000 squats in the month of June (which is what I’ll be going for) and for those who are more advanced to aim for 100 a day.  I’ll try and keep a running  update weekly on the site as to how I’m doing!

You can use this guide to keep track, too and join the Facebook event here. In addition, Fitfluential is also giving away a Polar Heart Rate Monitor here.

 

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June 2, 2014

Life Updates + Help me out by Guest Blogging or By Filling out a Profile

In case you missed it last week in my kind of quick update: my job recently hired me as full-time reporter which is awesome, but unfortunately it’ll mean a few cutbacks on ABP–mostly in the form of me posting less.

I’ll admit, I considered putting the project on hold for a little bit while I got everything sorted out. But I couldn’t do it. Everyone I’ve met through this project has been amazing, and that was extremely evident to me in the response to Bethany Keat’s post The Nouns and Adjectives of Ballet. If you haven’t read it yet, make sure you go do so ASAP–it’s a fantastic post. I have some other fantastic stuff in the works as well that I don’t want to give up, either.

Posting will probably go down to about 2-3 posts a week for a little while (instead of the usual 4-5). However, I’m hoping to eventually get the number back up to around 4-5 posts a week. If you’d like to help out–I’m always looking for more guest bloggers and people to feature in our weekly ballerina post. You can fill out a form to participate as either here!

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June 1, 2014

What Motivates You to Dance? Allison DeBona’s #ArtWithAlli

Allison DeBona, a soloist with Ballet West (and star of the show Breaking Pointe), has started a campaign called #ArtWithAlli on her blog, Allison’s Pointe of View.  DeBona wrote:

“Dance is evolving so fast, the technique is more difficult, and you’re required to do multiple turns, jump higher and battement to the sky.  I appreciate all of those things, but for me, that is not what defines a great ARTIST.  In class I am always working toward improving my technique and physical abilities, but it seems to me that today young dancers are so focused on quantity that the artistry of our craft is often lost.”

DeBona said in her post that she’s going to challenge readers over the next 12 months, starting this month by asking you to exploring  your motivation for dancing and your contribution to our art form. 

You post your response in her forum, but also share your journey using the hashtag #artwithalli on social media. I’ll be working on my own post about my own motivation soon and sharing it both here, in the forum, and on social media, and I encourage you to do the same!

What motivates you to dance?

 

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