This NPR reporter started taking ballet classes with a group of 20 women, all of whom started as adults. This is the story of how she found new purpose in her passion.
When I went to college, I dabbled in a couple of dance groups, but never with a level of commitment. After I graduated and started working, things fizzled out even more. I went to a couple dance classes, but I felt out of shape and uninspired. It felt like I was slowly closing a chapter in my life, with no particular sorrow about the matter.The ladies who sparked my love for ballet
Our teacher Miguel treated us both like proper students, consistently challenging us when we had mastered certain moves, but also as adults who knew their own limits and desires.It was a level of respect and autonomy very different from the training I was used to as an adolescent.Finding a new purpose in my passion
But this was a group of middle-aged women, many of whom attended class multiple times a week, who would stay after class to perfect their moves, who advocated for their own education and sought out performance opportunities. Some of them had been coming to classes for years. Here was the point staring me right in the face — it didn't matter; they just loved to dance.Their passion for ballet helped me see it in a new light.
They were learning pointe — why not do it too? They were performing with the rest of the school at the year-end show — why not join in?
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