The timing of this piece couldn't have been better! I've recently gone back to ballet classes at the age of 27 after a decade away from it but haven't met anyone else in the same situation. When you wrote about that second puberty, I felt that in my bones for real (my new teacher keeps telling me not to stick my butt out but I'm pretty sure that's just...where my butt exists now...) - anyway loved this piece! You describe the audition room so well🥲
omg! welcome back to ballet with me, friend! this is so fucking relatable: i remember being 17-18 and it finally occurring to me that my butt, genuinely, could not be tucked in. my shoulders (uneven from scoliosis) also CANNOT be “evened” without great effort and pain. ballet is such a weird, unforgiving beast (that we all clearly love anyway!!!)
The description of that room and the girls in there... Wow!!
The timing of this piece couldn't have been better! I've recently gone back to ballet classes at the age of 27 after a decade away from it but haven't met anyone else in the same situation. When you wrote about that second puberty, I felt that in my bones for real (my new teacher keeps telling me not to stick my butt out but I'm pretty sure that's just...where my butt exists now...) - anyway loved this piece! You describe the audition room so well🥲
omg! welcome back to ballet with me, friend! this is so fucking relatable: i remember being 17-18 and it finally occurring to me that my butt, genuinely, could not be tucked in. my shoulders (uneven from scoliosis) also CANNOT be “evened” without great effort and pain. ballet is such a weird, unforgiving beast (that we all clearly love anyway!!!)
This is so beautifully written and made me so emotional, thank you for sharing<3
Beautiful piece! Really hits close 💕
This was such an enchanting read 💗