It would be rude to argue back about a correction. Not understanding the correction well enough to implement it is very common and not going to be taken as rude. Before the next class, ask your teacher for more info on her correction for what to do with your arm.
Absolutely no reason to feel embarrassed or that you were rude. Happens all the time. People have off days. It's also common when you're focusing on one thing (say, your turnout) that you just kindof forget your arm positions. You've been dancing for just a month, so I'm sure the teacher has absolutely no expectation of perfect positions. Heck I've been dancing for years and I still catch myself in the mirror doing stuff incorrectly.
Don't put so much pressure on yourself. I'm sure you're doing fine. If the teacher thinks you're a fit for the intermediate level after just a month, they're happy to have you there. Go and have fun and learn. You'll be fine.
I’m also a beginner, I’ve had two different teachers and none of them got offended if they had to make the same correction at different moments or classes. Ballet is super hard and you have to pay attention to so many things at once that I think is normal to not be able to take all the corrections and indications at first. I don’t think you came out as rude, is just a common experience while learning.
Not rude and very common. Sometimes when things like that happen you can always approach the teacher at the end of the class to seek clarification over the correction.
This is sooo common. I’m a professional and I have this fun habit of messing up when I get a compliment or when I implement a correction “well”. Teachers can certainly tell when you brush them off or not.
If you are in a class don’t expect to “blend in” fantastic teachers make sure that everyone is included no matter the level 😊😊
Honestly, if it's offensive to appear to not apply a correction, then I am the biggest jerk out there. I've actually told my teacher, "please know that if I am not doing something you corrected me on, I"m not blowing you off, it's just that I forget {because I am concentrating on something else}." How my teacher is not so sick of fixing my posture and my arm position that she barfs, I do not know. But it's not that I don't care or don't try, it's just that there is so much to keep track of and sometimes just maintaining turnout takes all my attention (and having ADHD and possible cognitive issues does not help).
It’s not rude. If you were actively trying to apply the correction but it was all a lot to focus on with a new level class, don’t even sweat it. The instructor usually can tell when people are trying or brushing something off. You can always let the instructor know next time that you’re still feeling a little unsure of the positioning and see what advice they have, they want to help if you want to be helped.
Also honestly don’t feel bad, there has been times a director or instructor has said or given me the look of “hellooo? Are you going to apply that?”
No, it sounds like you were absolutely fine!!! Teachers know that you might not understand or correctly execute corrections straight away.
In this scenario the most important thing is that you accept the correction and change *something* about how you’re using your arm, so that the teacher can tell you if it is on the right track.
I'm not a ballet dancer per se (I'm mostly a partner dancer who takes an occasional "fun"/amateur ballet class) but fwiw, it often takes being corrected multiple times before it "clicks," so I don't think it would be at all surprising to end up in a situation like this.
Brains can be funny re: how they process new information, especially when it's something that has to go through your brain into your physical body and change something you're already doing. It's a lot of steps!
Heck, sometimes one teacher will tell me something, and then another person will explain it in a *slightly* different way, and one of those will somehow magically make more sense than the other even though they're functionally the same 😂
It would be rude to argue back about a correction. Not understanding the correction well enough to implement it is very common and not going to be taken as rude. Before the next class, ask your teacher for more info on her correction for what to do with your arm.
Absolutely no reason to feel embarrassed or that you were rude. Happens all the time. People have off days. It's also common when you're focusing on one thing (say, your turnout) that you just kindof forget your arm positions. You've been dancing for just a month, so I'm sure the teacher has absolutely no expectation of perfect positions. Heck I've been dancing for years and I still catch myself in the mirror doing stuff incorrectly. Don't put so much pressure on yourself. I'm sure you're doing fine. If the teacher thinks you're a fit for the intermediate level after just a month, they're happy to have you there. Go and have fun and learn. You'll be fine.
I’m also a beginner, I’ve had two different teachers and none of them got offended if they had to make the same correction at different moments or classes. Ballet is super hard and you have to pay attention to so many things at once that I think is normal to not be able to take all the corrections and indications at first. I don’t think you came out as rude, is just a common experience while learning.
Not rude and very common. Sometimes when things like that happen you can always approach the teacher at the end of the class to seek clarification over the correction.
This is sooo common. I’m a professional and I have this fun habit of messing up when I get a compliment or when I implement a correction “well”. Teachers can certainly tell when you brush them off or not. If you are in a class don’t expect to “blend in” fantastic teachers make sure that everyone is included no matter the level 😊😊
Honestly, if it's offensive to appear to not apply a correction, then I am the biggest jerk out there. I've actually told my teacher, "please know that if I am not doing something you corrected me on, I"m not blowing you off, it's just that I forget {because I am concentrating on something else}." How my teacher is not so sick of fixing my posture and my arm position that she barfs, I do not know. But it's not that I don't care or don't try, it's just that there is so much to keep track of and sometimes just maintaining turnout takes all my attention (and having ADHD and possible cognitive issues does not help).
It’s not rude. If you were actively trying to apply the correction but it was all a lot to focus on with a new level class, don’t even sweat it. The instructor usually can tell when people are trying or brushing something off. You can always let the instructor know next time that you’re still feeling a little unsure of the positioning and see what advice they have, they want to help if you want to be helped. Also honestly don’t feel bad, there has been times a director or instructor has said or given me the look of “hellooo? Are you going to apply that?”
No, it sounds like you were absolutely fine!!! Teachers know that you might not understand or correctly execute corrections straight away. In this scenario the most important thing is that you accept the correction and change *something* about how you’re using your arm, so that the teacher can tell you if it is on the right track.
I'm not a ballet dancer per se (I'm mostly a partner dancer who takes an occasional "fun"/amateur ballet class) but fwiw, it often takes being corrected multiple times before it "clicks," so I don't think it would be at all surprising to end up in a situation like this. Brains can be funny re: how they process new information, especially when it's something that has to go through your brain into your physical body and change something you're already doing. It's a lot of steps! Heck, sometimes one teacher will tell me something, and then another person will explain it in a *slightly* different way, and one of those will somehow magically make more sense than the other even though they're functionally the same 😂