Closer and Closer

My earliest dance teachers really are right. The more I take class and the more auditions I attend, the closer I feel I am coming to what I want. Some days, some weeks I just feel miserable. But then there are those other days where you're so close to what you want that you can feel it. Those days, good friends, music, movement... these are the things that make everything worth it.

Still, my heart goes out to all of us who subject ourselves to rejection on daily basis, by choice, because of the chance dream to do what we love (and get paid for it).

I almost did not go to the How To Succeed master class at Broadway Dance Center today (those pesky taxes have been plaguing me). For whatever reason, I managed to motivate and am SO glad that I did. I got to take class with good friends, got valuable feedback from the choreographer on the details of the movement, and was reminded of the paramount importance of creating a character when you dance. Well, that, and hitting all of the important features, like the layouts and the four turns, and the ... erm... everything.

What an exhilarating feeling it is to be dancing and and to realize how much you LOVE dancing in the same moment. To be and create something, to be moving through air, to be present. Dance is this unique relationship to space and time that I can't seem to get anywhere else, and I am absolutely in love with it.

Even though my love of dance is occasionally confused by my love for teaching and my students. One of my Kaplan kids just got into NYU under scholarship! Happy days!

OH and Happy Easter!


Hugs,

A Broadway Baby