Dancing4Jesus

There are three widely recognized levels in ballet: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Today I'm going to break down each level and share a bit about each for people who don't have any experience with ballet, or for anyone else who is interested.  You can start ballet at any age, but the average beginner is 4-8 years old. At this level a lot of basic concepts are introduced, such as simple technique exercises, mind-body coordination, proper ballet etiquette, and lots more.  Intermediate dancers are usually in their tweens. They've mastered the basic skills in their ballet training and are slowly progressing to more complex moves. At this age, faster and more difficult combinations are introduced to advance the student's cognitive skills.  Advanced students are usually in their teens and up. They will have (mostly) mastered all the basic and intermediate skills and should be working on more complicated moves such as fouettes or tombe coupe jetes.  If you're lookin...

I’ve considered writing a blog for some time now, but I didn’t know where to get started.  My favorite hobbies are dancing, reading, and writing, so I always thought that blogging would be a good fit for me. My idea started after reading various dancer’s blogs, and grew when I started blogging for my new non-profit, Christian organization ( website here , blog here ), but it wasn’t until a good friend of mine began her blog about dancing that finally made me do something with my growing idea. (Find my friend’s blog at http://dancinginwords.com/ .)  I sat down one day recently during quarantine (due to COVID-19) and wrote all my ideas for my blog down. My blog’s content is mostly going to consist of things related to dance, but I also want to share about my faith, hobbies, and other things. I already have 17 ideas for future posts, and am coming up with new ideas all the time.  Many of my posts will have relatable struggles that we face as people, dancers, and Christians, ...