found a studio!

I am now converting my blog into my dance experience...taking classes. craving dance. wanting to teach. hopefully teaching.

Last night I dreamt that my old dance coach and my parents were sitting in my living room with me at my parents house. I was 21 years old just like I am now and they were telling me that I was going to be able to be apart of the Energizers again, but I had to prove that I could still dance. So, my coach asked me to show her a leap. I began to prep and realized that I didn't know how to anymore and that I had 0 flexibility. It was a terrible leap that any 5 year old could have pulled off. I began to cry knowing that it was terrible. I began to throw things around the room and I was very angry. Then to make matters worse, my coach called in two of my former teammates Amanda and Christy. They were trying to calm me down and motivate me to remember how to do this. Throughout the entire dream I couldn't get it...
I woke up at 7:00 in the morning (on a Sunday) now wide awake, feeling like I had to go in the hallway and leap, and...I still have it.
I went to a dance class on Thursday night feeling this same strong urge to dance. I went to an adult jazz/funk class in Redmond at Premiere Dance Center. It was a great class and my instructor, Megan Adams, told me of about three dance studios around where I live that are great places to teach and to dance. So, now this week, I am going to be taking classes at a studio in Seattle that is only for adult dancers (amazing). Westlake Dance Center. I want to take ballet, hip hop, lyrical and jazz. Who knows, maybe I'll throw belly dancing in there as well. At my Thursday class we learned a Bollywood routine and it was so much fun! Not only did I learn something new, but I got to release a lot of stress that I have on my right now.
Living in a new place, with all new people (-Matt), being engaged and planning a wedding, working in a stressful job, missing my family and friends, having 1 car between the 2 of us, and not having dance...not a good combo for me.
I'm going to start dancing more...a lot more. Here is the schedule of classes I'll be taking this week!
Monday Hip Hop III/IV 6:30-7:30 Westlake Dance Center with Rex Kinney
Tuesday Jazz II 6:30-8:00 Westlake Dance Center with Kirsten Cooper
Thursday Ballet I/II 5:30-6:30 Westlake Dance Center with Sandy Brown
I am going to be taking classes like crazy this year so that I can up my level of dance training and experience yet again and boost my resume for teaching jobs. I am going to really focus on dance and on getting teaching jobs. This week I am going to contact the Village Theater in Issaquah to see if I can get a teaching assistant job (no pay) so that I can get my name out there and be apart of musical theater as well.
Ultimate goal...be a stay at home mom who gets to spend an enormous amount of time with her kids, love and take good care of her husband & dance...a lot!

http://www.westlakedance.com/