Choreographing...

Okay, so sometimes as a Choreographer...you create dances and you when you are done you can look at them and say "That was good".  Then there are times when you can create a dance and say "Wow, that is it!"  Yesterday I got to have a "That is it" moment!  One of my first dances to create, The Jitterbug, was a bit of a wow moment.  I just remember the kids saying I love this dance.  It's so cool!  They wanted their parents to come and watch it!  They gave me a feeling of "Okay, I can be a choreographer"!  I have created some awesome dances, some good dances, and some wah wah I wouldn't want to be in them dances.  But yesterday, I made up a dance to "Mabel's Prayer" from FAME Jr.  And it just worked!  It's a gospel type song, but it just clicked.  I didn't realize it until I had taught it to the kids!  And they loved it and it went so well with the music.  I just thought...Wow!  This is one of those moments!  Where the dancers and the dance just work!  It was a great experience!

This week I have had some really great moments!  I have loved going to Gardner!  They are working so hard!  This week I worked with the Hot Box dancers.  It was so fun to not only teach them the dances...but to also help them with their character!  It's a big jump for some of these girls to be a "showgirl".  It's a big jump for a lot of these girls to even be dancers!  So, it's been fun!  Plus, they are working, working, working like mad already!  They can see and feel a difference...so they will work as hard as they can to get that feeling to keep growing!  So amazing!

CYT's show opens in a week!  We have rehearsal tonight, tomorrow, and then tech week begins on Monday!  This show has been fun...but then also hard as well!  I really think it's my least favorite because it has young kids in it!  Now don't get me wrong, I think young kids are great...but 25 of them and it just turns into chaos!  As I sit here and think...CYT is the only show that I do with kids that are that young.  Everything else has Middle school kids and up!  And I love that!  So, if that doesn't tell you something right then...Middle School kids are the age for me!  High School kids are pretty cool as well...but they can get a little lippy.  Ha ha ha!  I will sad and happy when this show ends!

Anyway, these are my musical stories!  Funny kids, fun dances, and even better stories!  Love it and love life right now!