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Notes From Upstage Left
http://danceramblings.blogspot.com
A Houston dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher writes about all the funny (and not-so-funny) aspects of a dancing life.
- Added on: Dec 14th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: M. Butterfly
- Listed in: Dance Choreography
- Tags: humor Dance houston ballet choreography contemporary dance
Recent Posts
Watching Dance: Houston Ballet\'s \'Nutcracker\'
It’s Nutcracker season, people! Wheeee (don’t give me that look. I love The Nutcracker). I recently cruised over to Houston Ballet and caught up with dancers Elise Judson and Peter Franc, who will be dancing the respective roles of Sugar Plum F...
Off-Topic Tue--I mean, Wednesday: Sadness
The headsplosion continues.I have not been online in a few days. I logged on today and found that a fellow blogger, Anissa Means Mayhew (author of Free Anissa and creator of Aiming Low) suffered a massive stroke yesterday.My jaw hit the floor. I mean...
Clothing Apocalypse
A large portion of my weekend was spent on the seemingly never-ending task of laundry. Between juggling classes, rehearsals, teaching, and my few "civilian" hours; I change clothes at least once a day. I'll start off in dance clothes for class/rehear...
Nutcrackery at NFUL: Round Two
You may recall that myself and three students performed in Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker last year. My schedule probably won't allow for that this season, but my students are keeping the Nutcracker tradition alive and well.A few weeks ago,...
The Ballet Blues
I recently wrote about some frustrations I've been having in my dancing life. It all built up and came to a head this morning-- as I was laying in bed thinking about it, I started crying. WTF? When something frustrates you so much that it's making yo...
Letters.
Tonight's post will be short-- because let me tell you, internet, I am EXHAUSTED.Yesterday I began rehearsals for Letters You Wrote. It's to the text of a Christmas letter written in 1961 by the wife of a minister. I'm having a great time with the ch...
