Since my first competition it has been a couple weeks. At the next competition we are competing all of our group dances though and also my solo. We have been practicing so much for this competition. I am pretty excited yet nervous for this competition. I do not want to mess up the turn combinations in my group dances. I just want everything to go smoothly. I also really want my solo to do well at this competition. I have seen the rest of the girls on my teams solo’s and they really look so amazing especially this one girl on my team. My biggest competition is a few other girls on my team but mainly her. I have been working on my solo really hard and hopefully I am able to do well with it on Sunday. The one thing I am looking most forward to is just hanging out with my dance friends since I love being around them so much. I am maybe staying in a hotel room with my friend Mia for the night on Saturday and I would love to since it would be so much fun to get ready together and also there is a Waffle House near the hotel and also a pool in the hotel. Overall, I am really looking forward for this competition weekend and I hope everything goes well and just like planned. Wish me luck!

I few weeks ago I had my friend dance competition. It was an optional competition so hardly anyone was going and was just competing my solo. I was so nervous and honestly I wanted to walk out on stage and do every dance move perfectly. Before I went on stage my dance teacher was backstage with me and gave me a hug and said, “No matter what happens out on that stage I will always be proud of you.” This made me happy as I know he really does care so much about me. I was still so nervous though. When it was finally my turn to go on stage I felt at peace though. I kind of messed up on quite a bit of things though. When I got of stage though I did not know what to think, I was not sure if I was happy about my performance or mad with it. My solo teacher seemed pleased though. My parents were so proud of me but it seems like they always are. At award I was nervous I really wanted to do well. I got eighth place which was an okay placing but I just really wanted to do better and get a higher placing. I wanted to show how hard I had worked so hard on that solo. I just felt defeated.

I was so excited to start choreography camp and learn our new dances. I was not sure how my team was going to be since I did not really know any of the other people, I only knew of them. The first dance we learned was our open dance. (Open is a style of dance) I really liked it from the start and I was getting so many nice parts. I was able to start talking with the other people too. We started learning our other dances as well and I just fell in love with all of them. I was pretty surprised since I actually was getting quite a few front and center spots. I did not really think the other girls and guy on my team really liked that though. I guess they did not know how I danced and how hard I work so they were all a little confused. After finishing camp I realized both my muscles were pulled and hurt like crazy. I was not sure what to do though since I wanted to show the teachers how dedicated and hardworking I am. I soon realized though I could not just ignore the pain so I had to still come to dance just nothing that had things with hamstring flexibility involved. I had to take physical therapy and I hated it so much it was what was best for my health. About four months my right hamstring recovered and my left one is still recovering at the moment. Anyways there are so many more dance stories I want to share here on my blog so stay here.

When I got into the studio I was pretty nervous but there were only a few people there for that summer camp. I knew most of these people too. The two I knew pretty well were on the same team as me when I was the age of ten. We started catching up with each other and it was really nice. Then we started class with this teacher named Mr. Corey. I did not really know him but he seemed really cool and like an amazing dance from his Instagram pictures. Once I was there and started dancing with them I felt like I was finally in my element again. The teacher seemed impressed with my turns which I was glad about. One of my muscles started hurting the second day of camp though and I realized I had pulled it. It really sucked because it was only the second day of camp. I still had fun though and I really loved having this teacher, after each day was over he let us get popsicles and we just chatted. Ater the two camps ended though I had to get really for choreography camp and I was really excited to learn my new dances.

So after the audition I had to wait for the groups to come and to see if I made competition team there. I was really hoping to go back on the team I used to be on because they were one of the most advanced groups in the studio. When I got the email I realized I did not make that team. It was kind of a bummer since I was really hoping to. The good thing was that I made a different team with my friend Daniella. I had still keep in touch with her even after I left. I was so excited to be dancing with her again but little did I know it seemed that leter she was going to forget about me. Anyways I was still looking forward to getting back into dance and working on my technique. To be quite honest I was not sure how my team was going to be like and if I was going to be able to make friends easily. I was still looking forward to choreography camp though. Before choreography camp though I signed up for some other dance summer camps there. I could not wait to go back to dance!

When my old dance teachers had looked up at me after handing the paper to them I did not know what they were going to think. To my surprise though they were so happy to see me and got up to hug me. I felt so happy that everyone there was so welcoming. During the audition I was so nervous since all eyes were on me since I was one of the new girls there. I did what I could do to the best of my ability. I tried very hard and later on we had to go in groups to do some other evaluations. While I was waiting I was catching up with the other girls which was nice and I was having so much fun. After the audition was over I could not have been more happy that I had auditioned.

There was a new dance studio that had been created with some of the teachers from Creative Dance Center and so many of my old dance friends went there. I really wanted to go there but I did no want to face all the people I had left. My biggest regret though was the fact that I had not stayed at my old dance studio. Everyone who was on my team improved so much and to be quite honest I was jealous. My team became the favorited group at the studio and got so many amazing dances. I was sick of this feeling of regret though. I decided I was going to go to that new studio called Axis Dance. I realized though that I had lost so much flexibility and skills. So, for the rest of the month and up to the audition date I practiced for the audition. When the day of the audition date came I was so nervous, mainly to see all the friends that I had left behind along with some of those teachers. I got there and a million thoughts started swirling round my mind. I was scared to see everyones reactions. When I got in there people started saying hi to me and were happy to see me. The part I was most anxious about was seeing my old teachers. I when I walked into the audition room I felt a chill go down my spine. I had an form I had to give to the teachers and I handed it to them on the desk my old teacher looked up and me and well her reaction was….(read my next blog to find out!)

The next year I decided that instead of dance I was going to do cheerleading. I was really excited since it was something new for me. I started getting close to new group of friends that were on the team and I loved it and it was so much fun. The whole time I did cheer though I thought about how much fun dance was compared to this. It seemed as though I didn’t have a get away from school like I did when I went to dance. I thought that maybe after the cheer season is over I could go take some classes at the dance studio I went to last year. This ended up not happening and the whole year was not the best. I faded away from those friends and it was just like a piece of my life was missing. I was not sure what to do since the studio I had been going to was not that good and like I said I wanted to go to the studio where most of my teachers and friends transferred to. Around April though I had an idea! (Read my next blog to see what my idea was.)

I decided that I really need to have dance in my life again. I found this new dance studio that was super small. I started taking classes there in the summer. I loved these classes so much and I was working so hard in them. I decide to do competition team with them that year. At first I loved my dances but them I realized the choreography was not that great at all. I had a solo but the teacher did not really help me on how to make the solo better and give me good corrections. I was on a team with three older girls and they usually did not include me in the fun things they did outside of class. I wanted to be back with my old friends but I tried my hardest not to think about that situation. We went to competitions and did horrible at every single one. I was happy to be in a place where I felt so welcome but at the same time I was not happy about it. Hmmm, I was not sure what to do. 

After leaving Creative Dance Center which was my old dance studio I knew I still wanted to do dance really badly still since it was my passion. I had heard about this dance studio called studio bleu and it was so popular and I really wanted to go there. My mom set up a meeting with the studio owner and I was nervous at first but when I got there everything seemed amazing. The studio owner seemed so nice and I was so excited to start dancing there. The one thing was that competition season ws coming up so it was the middle of the year which almost like school it is so hard to catch up. I was so nervous for my first class there. I I took three classes that night and it was so scary since everyone was so talented and had their own friends. I came home in tears I did not know what to do. I decided to not do competition team and do only a solo and technique classes the rest of the year till the start of the next year. Later things started to get worse in classes I was left out I had no friends and did not know any of the teachers. I was trying so hard to fit in. I then started to only take solo practice. I missed my old dance studio so much. I was lost.