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[i]> > But here is my problem. I am not kidding around when I say I am > the least coordinated, unathletic guy on the face of the earth.and Vestris2000 answered, > > Um, I sympathize, but in a klutz-off, I would win the golden > ass, believe me.I won't enter into a game of one-klutzmanship [grin], although I think I could make a pretty fair showing if we had one. (Eight years of classes & still a beginner.) But if being a klutz disqualified you for taking ballet classes, there'd be many fewer students than there are, and some adult-beginner classes might have to be cancelled altogether.The big problem in your first class is discouragement. Adult ballet classes are rarely organized around a full term, with everybody starting in the fall & progressing together. Adults simply have too many competing responsibilities. So the classes are "drop-in" classes, and the first time you show up, you see all those other "beginners" who are doing the most complicated things while you stand there like ninny, utterly lost. Because of this, the attrition rate is horrendous.You just have to remember that, unless we started as children (which I didn't, BTW), we've all been in that same predicament. The only difference is that we've persevered. Even if you have loads of talent, a lot depends on just dogged persistence. Once you've been taking classes for a while, you will notice that you aren't the only one having problems. That can be tremendously reassuring.I don't want to scare you off, but the alternative is to sit there lost & go away thinking the whole thing was a big mistake, & it would be a pity if that happened.> At any of these three similar websites you will find much more > and better information than you are likely to receive from this > Parsimony board.Considering the quality of what I've seen from you lately, Mr Vestris, I hope you'll pardon my saying you're seriously under- valuing your own contributions. (Any relation to Gaetan Vestris (1729-1808), who gave dancing lessons to Samuel Johnson?)Tom Parsons [/i]

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