Blogs seems kind of silly sometimes, along with other social networks (gotta love Twitter), but I certainly think they have their place and purpose. I first had the idea to start this blog when I started planning for a trip to Italy this summer. I thought, "wow, I want to be able to share all my experiences of the two plus weeks that I'm there with my friends and family."
I'll be leaving for Rome on June 30th with my brother Mike, accomplished engineer working at Apple, and we'll then travel to Naples, Capri, and perhaps meet up with some distant relatives the first week. Week two will consist of staying in Castellana Grotte for the World Dance Movement, where I'll be taking class from Desmond Richardson of Complexions Dance Company, along with my friends Amanda and Morgan. We also plan to visit the nearby port city of Bari, and Mike and I haven't booked a return flight because, heck, we're in Europe! And we may decide to take a weekend trip to Germany/Spain/France while we're there.
A second reason I decided to begin a blog is because I end up reading a lot of blogs. At my internship with a major modern dance company of NYC (not sure if I'm supposed to talk about anything publicly so I won't mention names), I take anything written about the company on the internet, convert it into a beautiful looking word document, imitating a newspaper article along with headers and pictures, and put it in a nice binder for the staff, board members, and choreographer to see. This blew my mind. Wow, little blog posts about this huge dance company, are being seen and read by so many! This is a powerful thing. So as an avid dance fan, if I have something to say about anything I see, I want to share what I think about it.
And lastly, I'm a dancer. Dance is a pretty selfish profession; we have to be selfish to survive. Selfish, but humble as well. I think what I do, and plan to do is very interesting and unique; it's certainly not normal, especially in this economy. So I'd like to share my experiences, so that others who may not entirely understand the world of dance, can take a peak. And hey, why not market myself? Haha.
So these are my reasoning for this blog. I hope you enjoy!
Update: HT Chen audition tomorrow, 8 weeks until graduation from Adelphi University!
