In class today we talked a lot of time talking about practicing and the difference between doing something and practicing something. Doing something is when you repeat what you already know over and over again. While this is clearly fun and beneficial in it's own way, it is different from practicing. Practicing is pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone and making yourself do something that you aren't necessary good at. I have done a lot of doing in the studio. I practice the things I know how to do and make sure that at some point they end up in my dance, but I also know I have been doing a lot of practicing too. I can't do anything on my right leg anymore, and everything is ten times harder on my left. I have to practice turns constantly to even make a double look okay. It is almost embarrassing to be falling and messing up skills that should be easy and it has taken me way out of my comfort zone which I am learning can be a very good thing. By practicing instead of doing I feel I am making myself a much stronger dancer and expanding my abilities.
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