This is me!

Yes, I am a ballerina but I do not walk around in pink tutus and point shoes with the ribbons tied up to my knees. Being a dancer is not about the frilly costumes. It is about working hard, trying your best, sweating and having fun. Ballerinas are like regular people, but with a boring way of life like school, ballet, homework, bed... That is pretty much my life.

"Moment filled with memories

She stoops to fix her shoe

Her heart is racing quickly

Her dress rehearsal due

Stage is like an ocean

Where crystals seems to shine

Beckons her to dance upon

Reflections of life's time

Suddenly she rises

She sees the magic there

Running in a gust of wind

She dances with great flair

Movement of a willow

So gracious as she sways

Gentle sounds of orchestra

Each step her grand ballet

Destiny is born now

Her graceful moves divine

Pirouettes across the stage

Her shadow now aligns

Dance of life begins now

Her music special score

Bowing for the audience

She hears the words encore."

ballet + music = fun

Most people think that being a ballerina is stupid and boring, I agree. The life of a dancer is not always fair and not all that interesting. To have fun while doing those boring exercises during ballet class you have to be challenged, and try new things. You also have to have a love for the arts and have an inspiration. All of the real dancers I know are not all frilly little girls who dance on there toes wearing pink tutus. When you are a dancer, of any kind of dance, you have to be determined, be able to work hard day and night and make scarifies. Being a dancer is not when you take a hour class once a week. It is when you take classes every day of the week, when your scheduled is school, ballet, homework, bed every day.

When armatures think of ballet shoes they think of the kind of shoe that allows you to dance on the tips of your toes and with pink ribbons tied up to your knees. That is wrong. Those shoes are called point shoes, the shoes are not all pink and the ribbons are tied around your ankle. There are many kinds of point shoes like "Diamond Point", "Capezio" or "Russian Point" there are millions of different types. You also have to sew them yourself.