The 12 Days of Recital- Day 7

Yesterday was AWESOME! We had our last studio run through for the year, and we did it in full costume. It's very fun to dance in costume, when you have the costumes it affects your dancing a lot, and puts you more into character! We were originally going to have to do another one on Tuesday, but the director said that it was so good that we don't need anymore rehearsals. Other than dress rehearsal at the theater of course. The director said my duet also looked great!!! :D

Anyway, as for today, I get a break! Actually, I have a 3 day break. It's pretty nice! So let's see, what did I do today... I took my photo for AGC, I also went to one of my friends' houses to hang out for a couple of hours. My little brother and I took all our pictures from our Washington DC and put them together into a slideshow. I made lunch, I cooked sweet potatoes to go with dinner. I watched pointless youtube videos. I slept. I chatted with friends on g-mail. I played around with makeup. I did all sorts of stuff that non-dancer teenage girls do.

As for tomorrow, I have my first week of Highschool at church tomorrow! I'm very excited. I will also steam my tutu tomorrow. Yes, there will be pictures, and a tutorial, although a tutorial isn't really nescessary which you'll find out why tomorrow!

The 12 Days of Recital- Day 6

Nothing much happened yesterday... other than I TOOK MY LAST DANCE CLASS OF THE YEAR! I'm done! WOOT! Anyway, we basically just practiced my modern dance a bunch. That was pretty good. It's totally ready. That's really all that happened yesterday! I know, pretty boring right? I also got all my costume pieces labeled for today, and I stretched (though I'm still sore).

As for today, we have our full costume run through. I'm kind of nervous, not sure why. I think it will be okay though. I really just need to pack all my stuff. I'll give you guys a list of all my stuff that I need to bring with me just to give you and idea of what my dance bag will be like.

•  Jazz Costume (Dress, Shorts, Choker, Tan footed Tights, Tan Jazz Sandals)
• Tap Costume (Dress, Flower hairpiece, Tan Footed Tights, Black tap shoes,)
• Pointe Costume (Tutu, pink tights, Pointe shoes, Flower Hair clip)
• Ballet Costume (Dress, Pink Tights, Ballet Slippers)
• Duet Costume (Dress, Headband, Pink Tights, Pointe Shoes)
• Modern Costume (Dress, Shorts, Tan footless tights)
• Body Liner {a body liner is a skin colored leotard that goes under all costumes}
• Hair Spray
• Extra Hair Pins
• Extra Bobby Pins
• Scissors (to cut loose threads)
• Clear Nail Polish (in case my tights run)
• Safety Pins (In case some rips)
• Socks (to keep my feet warm)
• Water Bottle
• Laundry Basket to put all that stuff in!

That's just my packing list for the rehearsal, I have a longer list for dress rehearsal, and an even longer list for the actual show!

 

The 12 Days of Recital- Day 5

Okay, so as for yesterday with Tap, it gets worse. But I'm not gonna complain, I'm gonna be happy instead. No pointe (stupid joke) in being negative right? So I'm gonna type in yellow for this post :). As for other parts of my day, Jazz is looking great. Hopefully it will be great at the show. Also, we ran my pointe duet, and it looks AMAZING! I feel like me and my partner are doing the best we could possibly do with this dance.

So Today's schedule looks pretty clear. All I have is modern from 7:30-9:00. IT IS MY LAST DANCE CLASS OF THE YEAR! It's also my last time taking Modern 3. I did it two years in a row and I feel like it's a little bit slow now. Anywho, last class! So excited! Our dance was pretty much performance ready 3 weeks ago, and I'm getting tired of running it. One more class, four (possibly five) more rehearsals, and then THE SHOW!

Obviously, today is a pretty quiet day, so I'll tell you about what else I plan to do. Tomorrow we have a run through\dress rehearsal at the studio. So I think I will take a sharpie and labels to all my costumes, tights, and shoes and mark them with my name. For those of you who aren't dancers, what that does, is if you leave a costume backstage in the wings after a quick change, or someone accidently picks up your shoes, they can easily figure out who it belongs to.

I think I'll also stretch a bit today, as I am a little sore. When you run the same dances over and over and over again, you are working the same muscles over and over and over again. Causing you to get sore there. I also need to practice some of my routines. Mostly because I need to practice timing. Anyway, stay tuned for a new post tomorrow!

The 12 Days of Recital- Day 4

There isn't really much to say about yesterday. I pretty much said it all in yesterday's post. So moving on to today:

3:30-5:00: Jazz

6:10-6:30: Quick Little Duet Rehearsal

7:15-8:15: Tap

Yep, I have to go back to tap today. I kind of want to go back, but I'm really scared to. I'm afraid that if I go back, that I'll get pulled out of more parts. I'm always the first option to be moved\pulled out, partially because I'm the youngest in Tap 4, and I am the only one in the class who wasn't in Tap 4 last year. I've worked really hard on some of these difficult parts, and it kind of hurts that it's not paying off. But if I don't go back, I don't think I'll ever be able to go back. So I guess it's just time to face the music.

On a more cheerful note, I have my last Jazz class today! I'm kind of not sure why that's happy... I LOVE JAZZ! I'm just really excited that we get to put our dance onstage finally! I think we have worked the hardest on our Jazz dance. I love it, it's a really pretty dance.

Also, I have a short rehearsal for my duet. We have one ballet instructor who choreographed it, and works with us on Mondays, and also we have a different ballet instructor who runs it with us on Wednesdays and also helps correct us and helps up get into character.

So that's my day today, stay tuned for a new post tomorrow!