Getting Old Fast

When I was at the Kentucky State Fair in August, I saw a booth that asked, “When was the last time you felt your best?” I could identify that time pretty easily. Late May, 2009. It was my first dance recital after coming back to dance class, and I felt strong and healthy and confident. [...]

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Senior Class

The class I’m in at my dance studio is called the “senior class.” It is not name that has ever been officially assigned, but it gets used by all the dancers anyway. It is the most advanced class, and the class that typically opens and closes the recital. Years ago, when I first started at [...]

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Post-Recital

The dance recitals were on Sunday, and like always, no matter how much time I spend worrying about them, they went fine. We didn’t do as well as we did in the spring, but, most importantly, as always, they were lots of fun. When my dance teacher asked my sister and me last year if [...]

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So You Think You Can Produce a Television Show

“So You Think You Can Dance” was the perfect summer TV show. It was a fun and festive way to spend summer nights. Then, FOX moved it to a fall primetime spot, and my beloved summer show is bordering on “dead to me” territory. They made all sorts of fancy changes to the show, which [...]

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Dance Recital: THREAT LEVEL IMPENDING

Speaking of cookies, I am sure you are wondering, how has my “four in four” project been going? My attempt to get in better physical and mental shape for my dance recital, and lose four pounds in four weeks while I’m at it? Ummmm. Not… awesome. It’s amazing how much more difficult it is to [...]

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Four in four

My dance recitals are four weeks from today. Since the weight-loss extravaganza that preceded my spring dance recitals, I have allowed myself to relax a little too much. Over the summer, my exercise consisted of reading by the pool and then going for a leisurely 20 minute swim. The numbers of the scale have edged [...]

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So I Think I Can Dance

To continue on the theme of performance and a lack of natural talent for just one more day: I have said before on this blog that I am not a talented dancer. (Wow, four days into NaBloPoMo and I am already repeating myself.) My mom started me in dance because she recognized that I was [...]

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I dreamed a dream

So, speaking of my obsession with musicals: When people talk about their fantasy careers, the fantasy job I have had since the age of 10 was to be on Broadway. When I was a silly, naive child, I thought that this might actually something I could pursue–hence the motivation behind going to a performing arts [...]

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What happened to razzle dazzle?

The first time I saw a live Broadway musical performance was when the touring production of “The Phantom of the Opera” came to Louisville when I was nine or ten. I would say it was the Greatest Thing I Had Ever Seen, but that doesn’t begin to cover it. Over the next several years, it [...]

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Can Dance

Oh god, I love “So You Think You Can Dance.” With every season of the show, my love grows greater and more absurd. The first season I watched it, two years ago, I enjoyed the hell out of it. Last year, I actually voted a couple of times for my favorite dancers, and I drove [...]

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