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I’ve been trying very hard to go to the gym these last couple of weeks.
It’s torture.
It’s not that I am lazy or anything like that. Far from it. I used to take dance classes 3-4 times a week. I did Classical Ballet for 15 years, Jazz for 7, and Street (you know, Hip Hop, Locking, Popping, that kind of stuff) for almost 3 years. I LOVE dancing. It’s vigorous cardio but also beautiful, fun, and you actually learn things. At some point I remember training close to 18 hours a week, which seems like a lot now (to me at least), but at the time, it was nothing.
Well, eventually I had to stop due to back issues (blame the computer!) and swapped to a milder version of exercise, which is gym.
Oh my God, It’s so unbelievably BORING, I can’t even begin to describe it. Everything is bad. The music, the silly exercises, the repetitions. There’s no inspiration, there’s no creativity. There’s just suffering and the urgency to get it over with as quickly as possible.
3 hours used to fly by when I was dancing. 20 minutes on the treadmill lasts forever!
I miss dancing so much. Especially Ballet. My happiest childhood memory was my first Ballet class. I was 8. It was love at first sight and for the next 15 years, I never missed a class.
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Mary Helen Bowers of Ballet Beautiful (the choreographer who trained Natalie Portman for Black Swan) photographed by Suzy Allman.
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To be perfectly honest, I was never a particularly good ballerina. Pointe shoes (and pointework in general) was a challenge. Pirouettes, even worse. But I loved it everyday. It was amazing to discover the things I could do with my body and the ways to test it and take it to extremes. Unfortunately, I can’t do any of that anymore, and at the gym, the only thing that gets tested is my patience.
If you really love the gym, or if you’re a personal trainer who works at a gym, I apologize if I hurt your feelings. Please don’t take it personally, it’s just my opinion. I know a lot of people who love it and I totally respect that.
However, if you’re healthy, don’t have back issues and want an alternative to the treadmill, what are you waiting for? Put on your red shoes and dance! You will not regret this. Dance brings much beauty and joy to life.
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Have a beautiful week.
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I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I am completely in love with the posters.
Designed by Independent British Design shop LaBoca, the posters show beautiful illustration work inspired by adverts from the beginning of the 20th century as well as Eastern European Propaganda posters from the 60s and 70s. I love the shapes, the colors and the lettering used. Now I just have to love the film too :) – Not hard though. Natalie Portman can do no wrong in my eyes.
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