Well, we made it through our first full week back. In a record 6 days we learned 5 different Balanchine pas de deuxs and Serenade which we will perform with Dracula, (and is also one of my top two Balanchine ballets). There aren’t many companies in the world who could have pulled this off, and I think we all passed out after rehearsals on Saturday, or at least I did. It’s such an amazing feeling to be so tired and exhilarated at the same time, and that’s exactly how Saturday’s “half day” (which really meant we shoved a whole day’s worth of dancing into a shorter time slot) left me. So Sunday you would think I would just lay around all day recovering, or more aptly I would think I would do that, but instead I spent the day running errands, cleaning, doing laundry, catching up on emails, and even going to the gym....sometimes my “day off” feels more like working than my job does, which in hindsight might just be a good thing. At the end of the day, Tess Lane and Alexandra Cunningham came over to help me make some enchiladas for our dinner night tomorrow to discuss our upcoming Maquerade Party. I’m super excited to start going out into the city to rally up donations for the party, whether it be make-up artists to help transform our guests into vampires and ghosts, or gift certificates for people to win in the drawing, or costume shops offering discounts to people attending the event. I love how generous the business of Sacramento have been towards the dancers and our events and it’s always fun to meet people who are just as passionate as us about protecting, preserving, and helping to prosper the arts in this city. Which reminds me if YOU would like to help us out you can email us at SacBalletDancers@gmail.com. We are organizing so many cool events this year (check out Chris’s Thriller Flashmob, or our monthly happy hours for a start), and this is on top of all the amazing dancing we are doing throughout the season. So come and support your local ballet company, you might be surprised how much fun you’ve been missing!!
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