It's been a LOT harder being a dance teacher than I anticipated. The recital is fast approaching and I really need to get on the ball. Motivation is perhaps the biggest obstacle. I get discouraged, while choreographing, jumping back and forth between loving what I'm creating to hating it and wanting to start all over. I never feel like it's good enough. The lyrical dance is more jazzy than maybe I would have liked, but in my defense I didn't pick the song, and it's not really one you can dance softly to. At this point I just need SOMETHING to work with, and hopefully it will look good by show time.
More than wanting to practice these dances, I went to the studio for myself. I really miss having dance class. Teaching is okay, but I don't get to dance much and really push myself like I used to. Today I think I pushed myself a little too hard. I worked on the tap routine first, and then skipped to the lyrical. I did the dance several times, and THEN decided I should video tape it. Bad idea. I was SO tired and sweaty and shaky at that point, and for some reason the dancing you do never comes across as strong on video. But somewhere in all that dancing I hurt my back. Now I feel like I'm 83yrs old and I'm not looking forward to tomorrow. It's always worse the next day. But, I did finally satisfy my craving for a good dance workout, so, at least I accomplished that.
Now if I could only work on the cleaning part...damn you pile of laundry! Your day will soon come!
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I can't get the video to play :(
I hear you loud and clear on this one. I was a serious dancer for many years of my life, and when I finally gave it up in college I thought that teaching a class would be a nice way to stay involved without having to invest so much time and energy. It was harder than I anticipated it I found myself not liking it has much as I had hoped.
Over the summer I teach a 3 year old class just for fun (my friend owns the studio) and I love it--although it's not really dancing as much as playing :)
Also, I tried to watch the video but a message came up saying it was private.
Whitney you were up at 4am?? Gurl you IS crazy!
Miss Musing-I know! I don't want to give up dancing and I thought this would be a good option. Teaching for me is very love/hate...
Def wasn't up at four. It was more like six. My settings must be off. I like the dance though! I miss dancing :(
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