one of my students, who just is beyond ecstatic about dancing, asked after MedFest when the next time would be they could dance....well...TADA...
Dancing came up for a local Tribal Hafla and the potential to send in info for another performance and then this weekend low and behold Sunday ended up with a local hafla performance for my students and rumor through last night another inquiry was made to perform.
This last one was sort of funny since it all started with just looking to the future. Didn't know the future was only a day away (Annie moment there)...
Well, the scramble to find students available and wanting to dance started. Not really a toughy on who would "want" to dance, just if they were available to do so. Well, long and short, we got the dancers pulled together and enough of them that I opted to have them fly solo.
Yes, this was the first time Tribal Mumma, as I have been deemed now, did not dance with the baby chickadees....they got to fly for the first time truly on their own. It was exciting to see from my perspective and cute to see their reactions when they saw I was not dressed to dance. :)
Now, I didn't set them up to freak them out, when you don't know who is going to be available, I kept all my options open. So, I might have danced that night too. But when it came together, I knew they could handle it and would do better if they didn't know too much in advance allowing them to stew on it and cause them more anxiety than necessary.
I could so easily do a play by play on the performance on how wonderful they did on such, etc. But no matter what did or didn't happen in the performance, they smiled, they took the challenge with stride, and they had a blast themselves. While I got to watch it and take pictures of their first flight.
ucanto bellydance truly is "you can too" bellydance no matter what comes their way....I love it!
and and and...I love the announcers struggle to say "ucanto" which is pronounced "you can too". They usually come up with an exotic sounding name sounding like "oocahnto"...makes me giggle ESPECIALLY when they realize how simple the name really is....so much fun and makes it "stick" in the brain...YAY!
Anyway...be careful of what you ask for cause it just might happen. ;)
Let's Dance!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
MedFest Pride
The Biggie in PNW Bellydance has come and gone. We managed to survive it and relish in it.
ucanto students brought their game and learned a lot along the way. I couldn't be more proud.
The process was a long arduous one as any learning/teaching thing is to get from point A to point B. But even in the process, it was a breeze because the students wanted it and did what it took to get to that point B. I couldn't be more proud.
Like anything, it wasn't perfect but that is what made it more perfect than ever. It was real, it was human infested, it was full of charm, wonder, and giggles with those occasional spots of panick in the eyes quickly overcome with more smiles and more dancing. I couldn't be more proud.
I hope to have pictures posted on my website soon and maybe a couple here, but I wanted to touch base to acknowledge the convergence of all the students from all areas throughout the state that came together to dance. Monroe, Sultan, Shoreline, Sequim, and technically Carnation...provided the true meaning of coming together to dance with one common dance language. ATS is a wonderful dance, I couldn't be more proud to be a part of it.
ucanto students brought their game and learned a lot along the way. I couldn't be more proud.
The process was a long arduous one as any learning/teaching thing is to get from point A to point B. But even in the process, it was a breeze because the students wanted it and did what it took to get to that point B. I couldn't be more proud.
Like anything, it wasn't perfect but that is what made it more perfect than ever. It was real, it was human infested, it was full of charm, wonder, and giggles with those occasional spots of panick in the eyes quickly overcome with more smiles and more dancing. I couldn't be more proud.
I hope to have pictures posted on my website soon and maybe a couple here, but I wanted to touch base to acknowledge the convergence of all the students from all areas throughout the state that came together to dance. Monroe, Sultan, Shoreline, Sequim, and technically Carnation...provided the true meaning of coming together to dance with one common dance language. ATS is a wonderful dance, I couldn't be more proud to be a part of it.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Time flies....
Today I can actually take a moment and a breath to look at what has been happening in the dancing world of mine.
Tribal Regale was a noted success regardless of how people felt on their own personal level. Having goals and high expectations is a grand and wonderful thing for that pushes us into improving all the time...however, you can't let it bog you down. It is about having fun and sharing the dance with others with like dance enjoyment.
The last dance class showed that spirit when presented with lots of smiles, silliness, genuine desire to improve but not at the expense of one's self can come SCREAMING out. I literally on a couple of occassions found myself with my jaw hanging open but with a smile helping hold it off the floor when watching the students try things...grow in their own personal dance.
If the world ended today...I have to say that day in dance and last night too....was enough to make me feel full in life. :)
What now comes is MedFest in W Seattle. ucanto can be otherwise known at the "convergance zone"....I love it. Dancers from Sequim, Olympia, Monroe, Shoreline, Seattle and the Eastside will all "converge" to dance on Sunday at 3:28pm on the Inside Stage. I couldn't be more thrilled and a touch overwhelmed by it. Not so overwhelmed that I can keep it on track and focused, but overwhelmed enough at the enthusiasm and drive these people have towards ATS Belly Dance. A true representation of ATS and the common knowledge of this vocabulary allows us to dance together anytime, any place.
I probably sound like at advertisement or that I am full of bull with my accolades towards my students but I am not. I mean every word I say and type AND....they are the ones stepping it up for me to be able to brag on...so there.
Sincerely though, they are bringing in more self confidences and truly surprising me and themselves...what a nice combination of feelings to have occur.
On that note....I think I have shared enough at this moment, I am still processing and enjoying the feelings from our last class. :)
Tribal Regale was a noted success regardless of how people felt on their own personal level. Having goals and high expectations is a grand and wonderful thing for that pushes us into improving all the time...however, you can't let it bog you down. It is about having fun and sharing the dance with others with like dance enjoyment.
The last dance class showed that spirit when presented with lots of smiles, silliness, genuine desire to improve but not at the expense of one's self can come SCREAMING out. I literally on a couple of occassions found myself with my jaw hanging open but with a smile helping hold it off the floor when watching the students try things...grow in their own personal dance.
If the world ended today...I have to say that day in dance and last night too....was enough to make me feel full in life. :)
What now comes is MedFest in W Seattle. ucanto can be otherwise known at the "convergance zone"....I love it. Dancers from Sequim, Olympia, Monroe, Shoreline, Seattle and the Eastside will all "converge" to dance on Sunday at 3:28pm on the Inside Stage. I couldn't be more thrilled and a touch overwhelmed by it. Not so overwhelmed that I can keep it on track and focused, but overwhelmed enough at the enthusiasm and drive these people have towards ATS Belly Dance. A true representation of ATS and the common knowledge of this vocabulary allows us to dance together anytime, any place.
I probably sound like at advertisement or that I am full of bull with my accolades towards my students but I am not. I mean every word I say and type AND....they are the ones stepping it up for me to be able to brag on...so there.
Sincerely though, they are bringing in more self confidences and truly surprising me and themselves...what a nice combination of feelings to have occur.
On that note....I think I have shared enough at this moment, I am still processing and enjoying the feelings from our last class. :)
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