Thinking and decision making...

I ended up dealing with really awful shin splints/stress fractures in both tibia bones this week due to Irish dance on bad floors...

But it's making me question entirely if i wish to continue with the Irish dance. I thoroughly enjoy it but....it's hard on my legs by the nature of the type of dance it is... and as I already have thinner than normal meniscus cartilage, the repetitive pounding is going to ruin my joints and the bones themselves. I'm almost positive about this. It could potentially ruin me for ballet and limit my time as a dancer. As fun as it is, I'm not convinced it's worth it. I wish to keep dancing til I'm gray haired. And not by premature aging by the time I'm 28.

I'm currently setting my upcoming dance schedule and I think I'm happy with the result. It will have me dancing ballet in a classroom setting at least 3 times per week. Not counting if I decide to do any of the adult drop ins available, which I'm hesitant about...I haven't tried Kanopy yet. But I wasn't impressed with Madison Ballet. Perhaps as a supplement for my own sanity....There's not much correction though. I was dancing poorly trying to do pirouettes on demi-pointe with a broken big toe (about 2 weeks healed) and she told me I had looked fine. And the entire time I was self-correcting stupid mistakes caused by the pain in the toe. :/

For now I'm dancing belly dance 1-2 times per week. Which feels sufficient. I adore Ayperi. She's jsut so adorable. Today we worked on the stretches to help you gain the flexibility to do the splits. I haven't been able to do the splits in years....It is not something I worked at.

I plan to continue with the Luigi jazz. It's challenging and I love it.

It's going to be hard for me to give up the Irish dance though.... I absolutely adore the teacher of it in addition to the dance form itself. And I'm good at it... But, I'm very afraid of the damage it'll do in the long run.

It's almost entirely jumps and hops on demi-pointe while keeping your legs mostly straight (keeping the thighs together at all times) so you don't even have the cushion of the plié for the jumps... And it emphasizes being turned out as far as possible, not being turned out properly...

I fear for my bones and joints if I continue too long with it....