I miss Ballet...

While waiting for some friends today, I found myself humming a tune and walking to a beat.

Hum...step step...Hum...step step...
I realised that it was a ballet study from Grade 4!

It was there and then that I wished that life was a musical, so that I would be able to break into a song and dance solo to express myself.

I miss ballet...
Yes, because I was good at it, and because it was an actual passion.
It was total control over all your muscles.
It was a discipline.

I think ballet is a 'show-off' thing.
You have got to want to show your skills off to do well.
It's flashy and you've got to take great pains to show off what you can do.
When doing the various exercises, you've got to keep in mind that everyone else is doing the same thing, therefore you need to come up with some ingenious way to get yourself noticed.
You've got to show the examiner your personality and character without words. Just movement.
That's true expression.

I miss ballet... I truly do...
Rise to your toes and fly...