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Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse was a historical figure to some people or an idol to other people but to me, Bob Fosse set the future of Dance, Choreography, and broadway. He shaped Dance into what it is today. This quarter I choose to read the book, Fosse. It is all about Bob Fosse and how he shaped dance. Bob Fosse was a Dancer, Choreographer,actor,screenwriter and he directed films. Bob Fosse even created some movies and musicals that we all know today such as Sweet Charity ,Kiss me Kate, Cabaret and All That Jazz.  Bob Fosse is important to me because he set the path of Musical Theatre. I would love to be like Bob fosse one day and have an set path in Musical Theatre.

 

 

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Bunion surgery

As a 15 year old girl you wouldn’t expect to see me struggling with a bunion but in my scenario I struggle with 4 bunions from genetics and dance combined.  I decided to take the 2017-2018 dance season off to get my bunions removed because if i want to pursue dance as my career i would rather get them removed now before i am looking for a serious job in dance and the preforming arts.  The surgery took 1 year to plan and it wasn’t always the first option. At first i had to wait to be done growing because they cant alter my foot if my growth plates are not fully shut. it took 4 months for my growth plates to fully shut of for me to be done with growing. After that we tried 2 injections to see if that would help instead of the surgery, sadly they both failed at reliving my pain. So on November 7th at 6:00 am i woke up and went right in for surgery. The surgery  took 2 hours. i was under much pain the following of days but for the most part it was numb.  I should be out of my boot in 5 weeks and dancing again in September. I’m glad i did the surgery now instead of waiting till i was older and i was trying to get a job in dance because then it would have gotten in the way with my passion and hopefully future career.

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Rockettes Summer Intensive Audition

On 2/18/17 I auditioned for the Rockettes summer intensive (RSI). It was like no audition I have ever been to before. The audition was in the Rockettes Practice room in New York city and there were about 100 girls. All girls were wearing bright leotards and nude fishnet tights. Two RSI alumni and Rockettes taught us 3 different combos, Jazz, kickline and tap. My personal favorite was the tap combo. The jazz combo was a piece of New York at Christmas from the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular. At first it was hard but after a while I got it. The tap piece was a cute combo that was like six eight counts long. I found it easy and picked up on it fairly quickly. The last piece was a kickline piece with a bunch of different kicks and botmas. That was also fairly easy but very fast. After we were taught each combo they made us do it in groups of three. It was very fun and I hope I get in! Im hearing back by April 1st

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Volunteer

For the past 6 months I have been assistant teaching 2 dance classes. Beginner tap which  is usually ages 9-13 and Ballet ages 9-14. I have lear about children with a less of an experience than me.  I have always taken dance seriously, When I was 9 I started competition dance.Our studio would always win first place and a diamond award. I stopped when I was 12 because I realized my passion for Broadway and how much I wanted to preform. When i was 12 I actually got a full scholarship to a dance competition nationals in Las Vegas. Once I switched to a more performance centered studio They automatically put me into classes with a more advanced level for a kids a little older than me. Now being in higher classes then I started off in and teaching lower levels I realized how other kids feel. There. There are three kinds of kids. There are kids that take dance as a hobby. The kids that do 2 or 3 classes a week and in a average level placement for there age. I realized these kids try really hard to get to the level there at.Then there are the show kids, The kids that take dance because they can sing and act so why not do the thing that goes in hand and hand with that, These kids are often in a younger level class but are the best in the class because they already have tons of experience from shows and workshops and they try hard. Then there are kids like me who don’t understand how all the other kids in the studio have talent and time to do other sports.