Dance Blog 0.1

I've just signed up for my first performance dance class. It's going to be pretty intense training twice a week for four hours. Though I've been dancing for about 2 1/2 years now, I know I've held myself back and there's something inside me that feels nervous about taking it to the next level. I am scared but also looking forward to the challenge of pushing myself to the limit to fine tune my body and to overcome my fear of the stage.
The dance team will be comprised of 5 girls. We're to wear heels to every practice and tight stretchy clothes! That is definitely enough of a push to make me want to gym. I do not want to feel like the fat girl on the team. I also have to think ahead about the costumes, which are likely to be tight and revealing.

To be honest, I've kinda felt like a fake for a while since I've started teaching lessons. Like I feel I need better credentials to qualify for instructing others. I was lucky to get to where I am mainly through apprenticeship. Teaching is a lot different than actually dancing, and for the last year and a half after completing the last level at TDS, I let my own dancing slide and focused on learning how to instruct.

So now my goal for 2008 is to get back into action and focus on my own training. It's been years since I've pushed myself athletically. I hope by the end of this I will get fit, find my centre, and of course be more confident about my abilities and my authority to instruct others!