Find something that re-centers you, and never let it go.
It started, as things often do, in a group chat. We were unpacking our anxieties du jour—dead-end job hunts, relationship strife, the generic existential dread of the year 2018—when our friend Han sent us a link. It was a sign-up for a. We laughed. We had all danced together in college, and when we managed to get together once in a blue moon, still performed eight-counts of unforgettable choreography.
The antidote, then, might be a ballet class. I needed, as Han put it, “an hour where we’re allowed to fuck up.” I whispered all this to Han, who replied, “We’re not kids anymore, Matt, we’re adults.” “Don’t sweat it,” she said. Same teacher, different classmates. Before, there were just seven of us, two with foam rollers. Now, there were over 30 students, at least 12 foam rollers, and a number of hard-won pointe shoes. Also in attendance was this beautiful dude in full ballet boy regalia. He had a billowy Romeo-esque shirt, hunter green tights that accentuated every asset, and an otherworldly beauty exclusive to romantic leads in Victorian period films and maybe the Skarsgård brothers.
There’s a lovely camaraderie in “adult ballet for beginners.” First, seldom among us is a student who’s a true beginner. Most have had previous encounters with tulle, tights, and Tchaikovsky, all here to relive glory days or live days that could’ve been. And second, we make time after our nine-to-fives on ordinary Thursdays not to be The Best, but to simply do Our Best.
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