Currently in the car, hating it. I’m not sure why but recently I’ve become very anxious and on edge while on the motorway. Dual carriage ways I’m good with, but as both passenger or driver, I seriously hate the motorway!
I’m constantly waiting for us to hit someone or for another car to just ram into us. I don’t know if I don’t trust my mums driving or if I don’t trust all the other drivers. I doubt I’d feel much safer with my dad’s driving as I don’t think her ever does under the speed limit.
Hopefully we’ll be there soon 🙏
Archives for the month of: July, 2014
Today starts the 1st of 5 trips away for me this summer. Myself, mum and dad are going up to Lincoln for the Uni’s open day tomorrow; which I’m very excited for. I think at this stage the only people there tomorrow will be students who have put Lincoln as their first choice, and therefore people who I might end up studying/living with. Better make sure I have my friendly hat on 😉
My dance company had a meeting today where we chose the short list of choreographers that they will audition in September, to eventually work with 2 of them for this years ignite project.
This was the 3rd time that I have been at the short listing meeting but this year I won’t actually be a part of the project because I will (hopefully) be at Uni.
Choosing the choreographers is such an exciting time because you get to see so many different approaches to contemporary dance and get to read about all the proposed pieces, which vary from dream concepts to hoffesh inspired movement.
I’m excited for the company, some of the choreographers that they’ve short listed have amazing CVs and I think that they’re going to improve so much in their technique. It’s just only hit me now that I’m leaving, and that things are changing.
It has been 1 year, 2 months and 27 days since I wrote a blog post.
I started writing this blog as a way to help identify a career path for myself, as it was that time at school where every teacher reminds you that you need to start choosing your future, today. I think the reason I didn’t pursue this blog is because I found my career path; it had been staring me in the face for a good few years now.
If my Alevel exams went well, then in September I should be going to University to study Dance, which is a future I am more than happy to venture into.
I chose a uni over a dance school purely based on insecurities. I have no confidence that I am in any way good enough to even audition for a dance school. I don’t believe I have adequate technique or cardio capabilities, and I, in no way, have the body shape/weight to feel comfortable even auditioning for such highly recommended dance schools like ‘the place’. I’m okay with this though; I can develop my technique and work on my fitness while at uni, and after I graduate, I can do a year of training in a dance school; sorted!
I often fantasize about my career in dance; I think it’s quite an unrealistic dream, but you need to dream big to achieve big things right. I want to work with the amazing choreographers on America’s ‘So You Thing You Can Dance’, specifically Travis Wall, as he is fantastic! So maybe summer out in America, interning with Travis, then even choreograph my own pieces to be performed by the SYTYCD contestants. After Graduating I want to move to Cardiff bay, working as a company member for National Dance Company Wales; I absolutely love the work that they do, and as a company I think they’re all so talented. Then, my personal life will require me to, after 3/4 years, settle into family life, so the performing side of my career will have to take a back seat. I want to open my own company, probably starting at the adult level then once that can stand on it’s own feet, open the company up to youth dance. This would as professional a company as I can make it; I was fortunate enough to have some amazing opportunities to work with professional, successful choreographers, and participate in some high level performances during my youth dance career, and those experiences are something I want to provide for a whole new generation of young dancers.
I’m aware that this ‘ideal life’ is very out of reach right now, but I know in my gut that those are my life ambitions, and even if I don’t achieve them, I’m more than happy to try.
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