So TODAY - I walked into the dance studio and Yoda waved enthusiastically to me - which is VERY strange - seeing as - before he wouldnt talk to me - and kicked me out of class...but today - it was a flamboyant HELLO! So I walked into class - and who stands next to me - but - M. GOMES! GAHHHHHHHHHHHH! THE MOST AMAZING MALE BALLET DANCER ON STAGE TODAY! This tall handsome talented hispanic man, just - being brilliant next to me. AHHHHH! Whenever I see ABT performances - I always try to make sure HE is the male lead because he is SOOOO BEAUTIFUL to watch. And he was NEXT TO ME. GAH! Not only that - the entire class was freaking ABT people! It was about three "crazy old ladies," a very sweet extremely talented girl named Morgan, and ABT. ABT PRINCIPLES and SOLOISTS and I was freaking out. These past two days have been CRAZY INSANE because I feel like I did at the RSC only with BALLET people! I mean - ABT is the RSC of ballet. Yoda isnt really Rovert or Boydy, but he is at least John Barton or Cis Berry! And here they all were - just - being their amazing selves. And normally, when an ABT-er is in class, they ignore me as the girl in the booty shorts and brightly colored leotards - the obvious theatre dancer pretending to be a ballerina - or - the girl who hangs out with that weird guy. But today was different - because today YODA WANTED ME TO BE THERE! And we talked after class - and before class. I came back in the evening to take contemporary - and Yoda was there teaching HIS evening class. After our classes were over, he talked to me and Casey and two lovely boys from the class - about English chocolate - and told me he would bring me back MARKS AND SPENCER GUMMY PIGS when he gets back from England! GUMMY PIGS! REMEMBER THOSE! THE PINK GOBS OF GOOEY HAPPINESS I used to beg people to send me? Its crazy - its all coming back to me. The brilliance of being around these talented driven intelligent caring generous people - the wine - the gummy pigs - the stories - the delightful struggle to figure out how to make our marks on the arts world - and - as I walked to physical therapy - I started singing a little mermaid song - "the world above" - the opening lyrics (And ironically the first notes Ariel sings) "This is where I belong..." WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
In all of this - I can't forget to mention - my contemporary dance teachers are amazing as well!
And --------------- some friends and I have formed an "audition tree" so we rotate who wakes up at the butt-crack of dawn to sign everyone in for these auditions. Should make life much more bearable on that front! Since - you know - waking up at 4;30 or 5:00 in this DELIGHTFUL weather to sit around for five hours only to not get seen isnt exactly my idea of fun... blarghlebots!
Right - off to bed I goooooo!
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