It's the Thursday of the 6th week of the semester's first dance rotation (our semesters are broken up into two seven-week dance rotations, simply meaning we switch teachers halfway through). This means that fatigue has officially set in and it's becoming harder and harder to stay motivated to power through early morning dance classes. Well, for me at least! I won't speak for everyone in the dance department, but I will surely speak for myself when I say that I've got bruised bones, aching muscles, joints that don't want to cooperate...It's all part of the game! But it's the part of the game that's never too much fun! Luckily though, here at Tisch we've got some awesome dance teachers who see this and really acknowledge how tired our bodies are getting. Sometimes, depending on the teacher, they'll take a day toward the end of the rotation to have a "talking day"...No dancing, just conversation. Thankfully today was that day in modern class :) We sat in a circle and had a great discussion about aspects of being a dancer...We talked about broader topics that got us thinking about where we're at ourselves at this point, we were able to learn things about our teacher and about each other, AND we were able to rest up a bit. I was really glad today's conversation happened because things were brought up that had me thinking the whole time, making me aware of what my own thoughts are, where I am, where I want to be, and what needs to get done in order to get there. So even though we were taking the class "off," we were still plenty productive! Just in a different way! :)
Today, on this long Thursday, consideration by teachers and alternatively beneficial uses of time make me happy :)
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