Women leap onto new stages with Bad Ballet
A group of bad ballerinas laugh and joke after a comedy improv class they took together through the South Bay Adult School. PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHY SENA In an episode of the second season of Saturday Night Live in the mid-‘70s, Gilda Radner wears a tutu, flailing her arms and legs on stage ungracefully, as her sloppily tied pointe shoes slip off of her feet. The title of the skit, appropriately enough, is Bad Ballet. Radner’s performance was inspiration for Kathy Sena, a Manhattan Beach resident and freelance journalist, who started her own Bad Ballet, a group of women who support each other through changes and leaps onto new stages of their lives. “(Radner’s) having this great time, even though things all around her are crazy,” Sena said, adding, “I always loved that concept of no matter what else is going on in your life, you can go out there and make things happen.” After writing about parenting for years – she has a 15-year-old son – Sena realized diapers and car seats no longer excited her, especially since her son will soon be leaving for college. “I was driving my son to all these enriching activities — he’s taking drama class, he’s doing piano lessons and dance,” she…
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