Week 157
Category: Dance
Little Meltdown
I felt a bit broken the other night. I was watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (like I do). They did a musical number that was a Soul Train. takeoff. You know the bit where the dancers make two lines and people. take turns showing off their best moves for the camera. Heather, the character played by the […]
Space and Time
Sometimes I write about how Multiple Sclerosis is treating me. I can’t say that I struggle with the condition, because for me, it is not that bad. I belong to an MS support group on Facebook and see so many people posting about the difficulties they go through because of the disease. I’m grateful that […]
A Clearer Path? Maybe from 12/25/15
It came to me like. flash. A flash? The flashy notion was that I can use this blog to document my creative journey. I want to be an artist. No, I shouldn’t say that. I will say that I am an artist! I have something to express. Something to share with the world. I have […]
Craving Attention?
Our performance at Gen Con on Saturday went well, although the audience was a bit quieter than in previous years. I’ve decided that I won’t do this gig again. The other troupe members attend the conference for all four days and dance in busking fashion at various spots in the venue. For the past two […]
Dancing Big
The prompt is disappointment. It occurs to me that I’m often disappointed after performing a dance solo. Over the last few years, the disapointment has been because of my wonky legs. I now know the wonkiness is because of MS. I’ve recently been designing solos that don’t require me to move about in the space too […]
Sunday Energy
I tend to sleep until noon on the weekends. That works out okay on Saturday, but on Sunday I have rehearsal with my dance troupe at 4:00. Because I stayed in bed for so long my lower back tends to be achy. An achy lower back makes my leg func tion not so optimal. Also, […]
Pieces
In my dream, Ohio is the promised land. And I’m meant to write. I’m in a million pieces. Constantly dividing. I’m always lost on a strange campus. And I almost miss my cue to dance. My mother doesn’t like me. And long dead cats are alone in a strange basement.
Writing 101: Serially Lost – Dancing Acumen
The assignment is to write about something you’ve lost and then make this part of a three-part series I was once an okay dancer, but I got into grad school for dance because of my talent for choreography. I had to take technique classes with the undergraduate students. They were better dancers than I was, […]
Got the job!
You may have read the post about my job interview a couple of weeks ago. I got the job! I’ll start the first ,week of August. Before hearing about this job, I applied for another one. I’m interviewing for that tomorrow. It’s possible that I could do both, and work sporadically (as I do now) […]