My Dance Bag

I usually carry three bags around the studio. One is a huge yellow crocheted bag that holds sometimes up to ten pairs of pointe shoes and various stinky toe pad thingies. The other is a small department store bag with shoes I am currently sewing and my sewing kit. The third bag is the one I'm showing you here:

In this bag I keep my journal, where I write thoughts I have throughout the day and notes I get in rehearsals, a book that I might read if I get a long break somewhere, gum to spare my partner of bad tuna breath, antibiotics I'm taking for a lovely infected corn I got within the first week of work, 3 homeopathic supplements, electrolyte powder and Emergen-c, lipstick(sometimes this will help your dancing like nothing else!), Jet glue(we put it in the tips of our pointe shoes to make them last longer), extra tape and padding thingies(I'm always trying new ways to make my feet just a bit more comfortable), a "Black Swan" case(the whole company got these cases for free which holds things only ladies use), Neosporin and Band-Aids for bloody blisters, a roll of toilet paper(for you-know-what when they don't let us leave the studio...just kidding it's for runny noses and padding my toes), and a green toe separator...to separate my toes. That's all the stuff I usually have but somehow it seems I pack around much more. It's been a long process of trying to get my dance bag organized, but I think I'm getting pretty close.

Chloe Horne