"God I'm A Dancer..."
In my everyday life, I try to avoid musical theatre cliches as much as possible. It's tough, considering that I am a person who's life involves a lot of musical theatre, and I do like to sing things out every once in a while. Somehow though, I manage not to be one of those people who is always quoting musicals. Today though, it just seems unavoidable. This is because I have a new life here in Hong Kong ("everybody gets a new life on this island" -LOST) and it's a life where I am a DANCER!
I have always liked to dance. I like the challenge of learning chorography for a show, or for show choir when I was younger. I've always liked being physical, and I'd much rather dance than run on a treadmill. When Chrissy, our child wrangler and assistant company manager, said she was offering some dance classes - I was pumped! I love to take dance class. I took when I was younger with my little sister, until we quit becuase her "wegs got tired". I took in college as part of my curriculum, and it was awesome! I'd love to take more in New York, but when I'm there, I'm usually thinking that if I skip some dance classes I'll actually be able to afford my rent. So, when they're offered here, where I have a lot more expendible cash... I jumped at the offer! I signed up for as much as possible, which includes Musical Theatre Dance, Beginning Ballet, and Intermediate Jazz. And yesterday, I had my first class!
Chrissy is an actor herself, who has spent a lot of time dancing or teaching. This summer she starred in 42nd street, and she's taught dance at three different colleges. That's a good enough resume, cause it sure means she's better than me, and she turned out to be a fantastic teacher! My first class was MT dance, and after we talked about the objectives of the class and stretched, we learned a routine from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was actually a routine that Chrissy has taught in dance auditions, which was a great indicator of our skill level. In New York it happens a lot that you're called back after an audition to dance, and when that happens they teach you a combination and you have to perform it a few minutes later. The skills needed to pick up dance moves quickly and be able to spit them back out confidently a minute later are some of the most important you can get. The class was not only a ton of fun, but if it teaches me to be better at that it will be the best investment ever.
Even if I did wake up the next day with some sore muscles. Not quite as sore as the muscles I had the next day, after my ballet class. Although I took ballet when I was young, I never took it in college or later in life. That's because I hate it. It's not as much fun, because you're not bouncing around or feeling like you're actually accomplishing something. Instead, to me, it seems like you stand there and do nothing and yet you sweat and cramp and work so hard! But, even though it's not my fave, it's good for me. And, I'd much rather take ballet with a bunch of my friends than some skinny bitches in NYC. So, I took it, and I didn't hate it. Although I'm sore and all we did was stretch and do some easy stuff at the bar (and yet I was sweating and my legs felt like rubbery noodles afterwards) it was good for me.
I'm sure that by the time I get back to New York I'll be one of the famed "triple threats" of the business (actor/singer/DANCER) thanks to my classes. Untill then I'll just be sore and happy!!
I have always liked to dance. I like the challenge of learning chorography for a show, or for show choir when I was younger. I've always liked being physical, and I'd much rather dance than run on a treadmill. When Chrissy, our child wrangler and assistant company manager, said she was offering some dance classes - I was pumped! I love to take dance class. I took when I was younger with my little sister, until we quit becuase her "wegs got tired". I took in college as part of my curriculum, and it was awesome! I'd love to take more in New York, but when I'm there, I'm usually thinking that if I skip some dance classes I'll actually be able to afford my rent. So, when they're offered here, where I have a lot more expendible cash... I jumped at the offer! I signed up for as much as possible, which includes Musical Theatre Dance, Beginning Ballet, and Intermediate Jazz. And yesterday, I had my first class!
Chrissy is an actor herself, who has spent a lot of time dancing or teaching. This summer she starred in 42nd street, and she's taught dance at three different colleges. That's a good enough resume, cause it sure means she's better than me, and she turned out to be a fantastic teacher! My first class was MT dance, and after we talked about the objectives of the class and stretched, we learned a routine from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was actually a routine that Chrissy has taught in dance auditions, which was a great indicator of our skill level. In New York it happens a lot that you're called back after an audition to dance, and when that happens they teach you a combination and you have to perform it a few minutes later. The skills needed to pick up dance moves quickly and be able to spit them back out confidently a minute later are some of the most important you can get. The class was not only a ton of fun, but if it teaches me to be better at that it will be the best investment ever.
Even if I did wake up the next day with some sore muscles. Not quite as sore as the muscles I had the next day, after my ballet class. Although I took ballet when I was young, I never took it in college or later in life. That's because I hate it. It's not as much fun, because you're not bouncing around or feeling like you're actually accomplishing something. Instead, to me, it seems like you stand there and do nothing and yet you sweat and cramp and work so hard! But, even though it's not my fave, it's good for me. And, I'd much rather take ballet with a bunch of my friends than some skinny bitches in NYC. So, I took it, and I didn't hate it. Although I'm sore and all we did was stretch and do some easy stuff at the bar (and yet I was sweating and my legs felt like rubbery noodles afterwards) it was good for me.
I'm sure that by the time I get back to New York I'll be one of the famed "triple threats" of the business (actor/singer/DANCER) thanks to my classes. Untill then I'll just be sore and happy!!
posted by Beth at 2:36 PM
1 Comments:
Beth - You have always been a triple threat im my book - personality, style, and brains! Love, D
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