Growing up as a dancer, I understand what it means to work for something you love. Dance is a beautiful art form that invokes creativity within everyone. Anyone that has had the opportunity to dabble in the dance world knows it’s a memorable experience. Most of us started when we were toddlers and continued until high school. You could say it was the only long lasting relationship most of us had growing up. Some things only dancers can truly appreciate are:
1. You were taught at a very young age if you wanted something you had to work for it… and work hard.
2. Everything on stage looks beautiful and elegant, but behind the scenes there was always a pointe shoe getting tossed across the dressing room, or someone’s eyelashes getting glued shut.
3. “Who stole my jazz shoe, AGAIN?!” is a line we heard on a weekly basis.
4. If a toe spacer wasn’t your best friend, you were definitely doing it wrong. It’s called a bunion and they were feared the most.
5. If you had any sort of normal sized boobs, they got the life sucked out of them in a tutu.
6. If you didn’t have a “high arch,” you knew to bend your foot into a crescent moon shape until you did. (But really, that's a thing and you know it.)
7. When people think you don’t eat, but the reality is you eat everything in the pantry...and then some.
8. Missing the “fun” weekend activities your school friends begged you to go to was definitely worth the lifetime friendships made at the studio.
