Well, another week has come and gone and I'm left wondering (again) where the week went... This past week was a busy one at work and the next few don't promise to be any less busy (we had a meeting this past week, have one this coming week and another one the week after next). In addition to things going on at work, we are busy getting ready for upcoming performances at the dance studio, and today I started coughing (I think it might have something to do with all of the lilies at church today for Easter Sunday - - I'm allergic to lilies). Unfortunately it seems, once again, like when it rains it pours...
Another way it feels like I'm getting all wet is some drama is going on at the dance studio. A lot of it probably has to do with the stress of upcoming performances and everyone is on edge. I sometimes find it frustrating when we have these performances and people don't want to put in the work towards getting ready for them. There are some people who would rather stand around and talk instead of rehearse. I'm all for them wanting to stand around and talk but not during class/rehearsal time. But, it's not my studio, so it's not my say.
When I was getting ready to go to the studio yesterday, I thought once again about the upcoming solos that I have and I realized that I haven't had my sword on my head for about a month - - not a good thing. I think the only way for me to stay dry is to work with the sword whenever I have the chance this week (since my first solo is this coming Saturday) and listen to my music non-stop so I have a feel for what I want to do. While I see nothing wrong with choreographing your solos, it's just not for me. I'd rather create a skeleton choreography, with certain moves I'm working towards, rather than trying to have everything set in stone. The only downside to having skeleton choreography is you have to know your music inside out, forwards, backwards and every other direction or you're going to be left onstage doing the same move over and over because you're lost in the music. One of the pluses to using skeleton choreography is the dance is often new/exciting and it takes way longer to get "sick" of performing to a certain piece of music. =)
Maybe one of the things I need to remember when it comes to feel like I'm getting rained on is how much fun I used to have playing in the rain when I was little. I remember putting on my bathing suit, a pair of rain boots, sometimes grabbing an umbrella and then playing in the puddles and rain. When did all of that change? I hate to be in the rain now (both actual and the proverbial "when it rains it pours"). Something else that might help is watching the iconic scene from "Singin' in the Rain" where they show just how much fun someone can have singing and dancing in the rain. I just have to make sure it's warm outside if I ever decide to recreate my childhood or the scene in the movie so I don't get sick (or even more sick than I've been this year...).
Maybe part of that is because there are times I feel like Winnie the Pooh when he was pretending to be a little black rain cloud. I guess maybe I just need to let the rain happen so a rainbow can come out... Something that may help the rainbow in me come out is the ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS new costume I have for this Saturday's performance - - I love you, Mom!!
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