Irony

It’s been too long since I last posted. I really wanted to do this twice a week at a minimum, and it’s been 9 days since my last post. But there have been big-time changes in my personal life — not my dance life — in that time. Which would just be boring and sad

It’s always easy when it’s right

Yes! On Monday, I was officially asked to be an apprentice for the group I’ve been dancing with! I started my first class there on November 9, 2010, which means it took just four months to accomplish this. This is completely unbelievable to me! It was one of my New Year’s Resolutions to be asked

Solos, profiles and more…oh my!

I’ve had my eye on putting together a burlesque solo for a long time. Moving across the country and changing teachers slowed things down a bit. And then there’s the lack of money. But it seems that it looks very likely that I’ll join a class at the end of this month to craft my

And so it begins…

Today was my first official “company” rehearsal…although I didn’t do much rehearsing. I watched and videoed so that I can learn these “staple” dances on my own. I’m not sure when I’ll be slated to perform…I’m itching to do it again, but I don’t see anything for a while. I’m glad to be included in

Performance Recap

I performed last night in the well-known Hubba Hubba Revue in San Francisco. It was, I have to say, a total freakin’ blast. After this, just my third official burlesque(-ish) performance, I can feel myself becoming more comfortable on stage: our “reveal” number doesn’t make my legs quiver and most the of time, my feet

An interesting turn

In a totally unexpected and fantastic turn, I was asked to do my first paying performance with the group last weekend. I was so, so, so excited! We danced numbers that we’ll perform at our big show on Friday night – at a house party. Granted, it was a large, elaborate, strange house party with

Oh, the juggling

I’m sitting here, on my Sunday, juggling the duties of 1) graduate student and 2) semi-professional burlesque/cabaret dancer.  I find the dichotomy amazing. It’s kind of been happening this whole week. I spent one night this week practicing eight dances that I’ll perform in two short weeks – one of which involves me removing my

My first

Oh, my first post! It occurs to me that the title and description header on this blog might give the impression that I’m a transsexual – that I’m literally trying to figure out what it means to be a woman. Such is not the case. Sorry if you were hoping it was. What I’m trying