What’s in My Dance Bag?

What IS in my dance bag? Being a dancer of six classes a week, quite a bit! I have decided to describe my wonderful carrier to you in detail, with hopes that you may be inspired to add a few things to your own. So…

My dance-bag itself was constructed by Adidas, a sportswear company. It is a nice light pink, black and white. I really appreciate the storage space. With two large side-pockets and a massive center pocket, what can’t you fit inside?

Let us start with the left-side-pocket. Inside this pouch, I have stuffed…:

•  Toe tape (I have to tape both of my little toes when on pointe.)
• Baby powder (I do not ever use this, but it is better to be safe than sorry when working with pointe shoes.)
• A comb (I carry this in case my bun falls out; I am not stellar when it comes to finger combing.)
• Hairspray (Perfect for after-class fly-aways.)
•  A miniature mirror (Because I am kind of a perfectionist…)
• “Stage make-up” (This is my fun little purse of pink, sparkly things.)
• Purell (For sanitary purposes…)
• An outdoor headband (I bring this along in case it is chilly outside when I leave the studio.)
• Clear leotard straps (Who knows when something is going to snap…?)

As for my right-side-pocket…:

• Ballet shoes (I store these inside of the darling little bag that Emma made for me.)
• Foot paws (For modern of course!)
• An extra ballet shoe (Long story short, I carry this canvas shoe around in case I need to give it to someone…)

Finally, in my center pocket, I store:

• My sweater (Perfect for Tuesdays when the studio is freezing.)
• My black skirt (Because every dancer should carry one…)
• Black, stirrup legwarmers (They look fantastic with pointe shoes!)
• Striped legwarmers (Because they’re cute…)
• Pink legwarmers (Okay, okay, you’ve got me. I LOVE legwarmers…!)
• Extra tights (I’m sure that everyone brings these along…)
• A laundry bag (For quick changes…)
• A notepad and pen (I like to write down my “homework assignments” in here, especially for Cecchetti.)
• Emma’s Cecchetti Grade 3 book (I still haven’t looked this over… ugh…)
• My phone case (Emma made this awesome little purse for me!)
• My pointe shoes (Who could possibly leave without them?)
• My “pointe shoe kit” (Emma made this for me as well! It holds everything from a toothbrush to nail-clippers to extra hair accessories.)

And there, lovely dancers, is the majority of what lies in my dance bag. I do hope that I have given you some worth-while ideas!