My little scribbles

Do you ever feel

   Fri, May 2, 2008 - 2:23 PM
that things just are not moving along as fast as they could be? I'm feeling like that right now. Finances are slow to come along to meet my needs. The frustration in trying to decide what to do next. People don't return your calls or answer your e-mail. Which competition to enter or not enter. Costuming coming along slowly. Just getting things together for the future seems impossible sometimes.

Right now, all I want to do is focus on my dance. I want to begin taking other forms of dance lessons inorder to strengthen areas that I'm weak in. Like balance and spins.... I'd Like to get back into Ballet and Modern Jazz. Get back to my daily practice routine which has been languishing cause of my going to the gym to prepare for the level one. Now that that is over I need to find a balance between the gym and personal dance practice. If I believed that I could stop going to the gym, I would; but there are other goals involved with that plus I need to be in my best shape for when I go down to the Mothership in July for the Multi level week long and then in October for the level two week long intensive. Then go back in 2009 to test for level two....

I have two competitions to prepare for, BDUSA and Lillies of the Valley. Still trying to pick my music, Ugh!!! Then get hot on the choreography of the two pieces.... Then there is the part of me that says just drop out of the competition scene this year and just concentrate on your dance practice and level two certification, but I know that is not going to happen cause I want the feedback on my progress and going to the competition is how I get my feedback and check my progress.... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....






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Fri, May 2, 2008 - 9:27 PM
Hi Luciana..... Just posting to sau hi! Keep up with all your werk figure out what werks best and makes you happiest it all goes towards the same ends;)
Sat, May 3, 2008 - 10:37 AM
I'm in the same boat. My main conflict is between teaching which is my breadwinner and my personal practice. I also can't give up Bikram Yoga yet, because this spring has been so cold and I'm not getting heat in my apt.

I've yet to find the perfect costume for competition.My size is so hard to find.
I'm registered for 4 categories in 3 different competitions and I'm afraid I may have bitten more than I can chew. I'm also taking Suhaila's multi-level weekend in New Jersey the same week as Yousry's, Tito's and others' weeklong and of course Level 2 in October. I'm thinking maybe I should've taken my time getting into comp scene "full time" and instead just concentrate on my technique, paid gigs, etc to build my confidence.

Ok, didn't mean to make this into my own blog entry. Just wanted to let you that there's at least one other in the same boat as yourself.
Tue, May 13, 2008 - 10:06 AM
If you drop out then I'll have to kick yer butt until you beg me to stop. So just do us all a favor and do the competitions!!!