Picking Me Apart

Lessons happened

Preliminary Dancez - We ran through all three Preliminary Dances with the music to make sure they are still being worked on. Everything is still there. Christopher still gave me some corrections though. The progressive right before the cross behind steps in the Rhythm Blues could be a little cleaner (I have a bit of a toe push for some reason when it really should be more of an understroke). It's like the cross behinds got better but in anticipation of those, I got sloppy on the progressive. I told him it's because there is still panic about the cross behinds. He said it doesn't look panicky so there is no reason to panic. Easier said than done. Moving on to the Canasta Tango, he would like me to make the lobes deeper so he doesn't have to guide me as much. Dutch Waltz was fine.

Fiesta Tangoz - Per my request, we looked at the Fiesta. This is the only one of the Pre-Bronze Dances that really doesn't feel comfortable yet even though I've made progress with the final step forward on the end pattern. I'm not at the point where I can do this with music and we are pretty far away from the point of partnering this but I have been able to improve it a bit. He made some corrections that were really helpful. I was trying to imitate the skater in the USFSA Dance App and as a result, my first two outside edges looked hella weird and felt awkward. He corrected those and they feel so much better now. He also made a bit of an adjustment to the way I start the dance. I should push off onto my right leg and add a crossover into the first steps. Moving on, I had a bit of a flamingo leg on the cross behind slide chasse step and my placement of it was really outside of the pattern so he gave me some tips to fix that. The change-edge swing roll was also looking pretty rough. This was an easy fix, just bend your skating leg on the inside edge. Finally, the final step forward should be aimed toward the long end of the rink, not the short end. This way it is easier to start the pattern over. So yeah, he picked this whole dance apart and I'm so thankful that he can see all of these little details. This dance is tricky but it's getting there. 

Sit Spinz - We haven't worked on these in so very long but, now that I'm feeling better from the fall I had a few weeks ago, I'm willing to fall on my ass again without worrying about pain. So, I requested that we revisit the forward sit spin. With the Pilates and extra stretching I've been doing, my bad ankle has a bit more dorsiflexion in it and I'm able to hold the sit a bit better (and slightly lower). So we did many of these. 

LBO 3 Turn of Doomz - I'm still working on it. It still hasn't happened yet. I'm determined to not let it defeat me. I had one turn that kinda made it around and I almost freaked out with excitement when it happened but I didn't get the forward glide out so it doesn't count. I see glimmers of progress with this so I just need to make time for it each time I skate and I'm sure it will get there.