True Statements for Dancers (by: Emma)

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Stores are for dancing (Yes, even at the stores that don’t sell dance attire…)
Popping hips are normal everywhere (Pop! Pop! Pop!)
Catchy tunes on the radio are for barre combinations (And the boring tunes too!)
If you find a good place to stretch, you must stretch right away (Even on the kitchen counter while your mom is making salad…)
If you need to pop something, everything else must stop (“WAIT!” Pop. “Okay. Resume.”)
Lucky legwarmers are used for much more than class (“Why are you wearing legwarmers to school…?”)
Buns are boring (This is so true.)
Doing echappes in flip-flops is normal (Not good for you, but we do it anyway.)
Working on arabesque arms while reading is a given (And we still finish our reading assignments… oh, yes.)
Doing releves in church is normal (As it is anywhere.)
Holding a releve in in church is normal (Yes, people stare constantly.)
You are always pointing your feet and looking at your arch (Pointe shoes soon…!)
Band-aids for marley-burns from modern and contemporary are a must (I haven’t experienced this one yet…)
Changing from clothes to a leotard in the car is easy (This takes one minute– tops.)
Changing hair and costumes in three minutes is normal (Not as easy as number 14., but normal!)
You automatically count to eight and then start over (And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. And one…)
When someone asks you to do the splits, you go through plies and tendus first (A must.)
You can tell people what a variation of a cat, horse, glide, big, little fast and slow means in French (Of course!)
People ask you if you’re a “ballerina” (All the time…)
The word “ballerina” is not athletic enough for you (And it never will be…!)
Holding a retire isn’t that easy (Haha…!)
Your favorite water bottle goes many places with you (Like… everywhere. It’ll see Paris someday, I’m sure.)
You can dance while doing anything, i.e. sweeping the floor, loading the dishwasher (etc…)

Thanks, Emma! That is totally going on my Board of Fame…!

(The things in parentheses are my comments… I love comments…!)

Aquinnah

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