November 2011
32 posts
October 2011
52 posts
I had to do it...
HAHAHAH
it looks like we’re running away from Nic but then Olivia was a little to slow and hi fives him then we all look at them like “omq!!!ARE YOU OKAY?!”
bahaha I run to my spot and then stomp my foot. must have been all that adrenaline. :]
“Listening to a song I’m going to choreograph a duet to and I love that I’m scared to choreograph to it. Sometimes I listen to music and it scares me because I think it’s such beautiful music and I want to make sure I do it justice and bring it to life. I love pushing through my fears.”
—Tessandra Chavez (via vivvles)
At times I just wish I was just like you, or I had your life. You seem like you have it straight.
Wow. I really wish I could say this is true… One thing is for sure, I don’t have it straight. I don’t think anyone has it completely together.
I need to move on.
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.”
—J.D. Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
“Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.”
—James 1:12
I feel like I'm running out of reasons to stay positive.
I’m in need of enlightenment.
Play
What Would You Do
City High
What would you do if your son was at home, crying alone on the bathroom floor?
throwback.
IM me on Yahoo Msngr it's important. my username is deborahmeliapp121373
omq omq. I be rite duur deborah.
poison.
disclaimer: these statements are not aimed at one particular person, but rather a number of individuals on a number of occasions from this past year. now that the competition season is over, I decided to reflect.
***
When I see your faces when you win, “less than first place”, or when I read your status updates about how you and your team are “taking over”, I’m reminded that there exists a poison in our dance community.
It’s true, there are directors and choreographers that believe that a first place trophy defines you. And I think that’s sad. I personally don’t see the correlation between the “love of dance”, and being the “best”. It’s one thing to help your dancers reach their potential, and to push them to be their personal best, but to teach them that winning a first place trophy is that definitive moment? Teaching your dancers that ‘second place isn’t good enough’?
Are you kidding me?
Do we realize the kind of animosity that can create between teams and their respective leaders? The kind of division that our community will suffer from? The kind of negativity that can generate?
It sucks to think that there are leaders who don’t see it that way, and it especially concerns me that some of the next generation is influenced by these teachings.
Good talent can be truly effective when raised with good values. I wholeheartedly believe that the future of our community depends on how well we raise them.
So let’s place our values in more than a trophy.
Know that as long as I am a figure of influence in this community, I will stand against this.
I ask you humbly, to consider doing the same.
Afterall, poison spreads.
Listen
Trey Songz Medley - Fortunate2k11
