The Ballerina
Imagined Life
Audible
4.8 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
You’re timid and awkward, a fish out of water. Dance brings you poise and self-assurance, but you can’t live in the ballet studio. You have to go out into the world.
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| 0:14.0 | Imagine you're sailing through the air in a Jette leap. |
| 0:18.0 | Your legs nearly making a straight line as you float across the room. |
| 0:23.0 | You love this move because it feels like flying, like freedom. |
| 0:28.0 | You land as delicately as possible, then pivot into a series of PK turns, |
| 0:34.0 | feeling the breeze as you whip your head around. |
| 0:37.0 | Wish, wish, wish, wish. |
| 0:40.0 | It's been months since you've had the opportunity to dance for anyone, |
| 0:44.0 | and you can't believe how good it feels. |
| 0:47.0 | A friend from school is accompanying you on the piano. |
| 0:51.0 | A piece from Mozart that's light and exuberant. |
| 0:55.0 | Some of your darker, more serious pieces are more fun to perform. |
| 0:59.0 | But you don't want to meet people sad today. |
| 1:03.0 | You want to lift them up. |
| 1:06.0 | Halfway through your routine, you catch your reflection in a mirror. |
| 1:10.0 | Your costume is a pair of threadbare tights. |
| 1:13.0 | Under a slip dress, your mother made from discarded scraps of satin. |
| 1:17.0 | It's the Frankenstein's monster of dresses, |
| 1:20.0 | but it looks pretty as long as you keep moving. |
| 1:25.0 | Lisa, part of rain, Lisa, Lisa, part of rain. |
| 1:32.0 | You freeze, mid-step. |
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