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clevermanka) wrote2014-06-23 08:32 am
clevermanka) wrote2014-06-23 08:32 am
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And we sing, "Oh my eye! Oh night!"
Pics from Friday's show! Click on any pic to open it up full size in a new tab.
All thanks to the wonderful Shane Linden, who is such an incredible photographer. Check out his website, P.S. Linden Photography. He's on FB, too.
and my personal favorite of the bunch:
My performance went well, as everyone assured me it would. Thank you all for your incredibly kind thoughts and well-wishes. It helped. I was still near-overwhelmingly nervous before my first number, but my hands weren't shaking too bad and I could fake a smile. When my music started, I took a deep breath, pasted on a fake smile and strode out like I owned the place. Within twenty seconds, I knew I had them. If you've ever performed, you know the feeling. You might not be able to see all eyes on you, but you can feel them and they feel good. Mine was the first dance set where people started clapping to the music (and I didn't even prompt them!). For the second set, mine was the last song and I was getting a little tired, just from general fatigue and hunger and nerves and everything--so I wasn't quite as physically active during that song, but it's a slow and sultry song so I made it work for me. I think people liked the circular veil.
Speaking of veil work, I want to learn how to do a barrel turn. I've never found someone who can translate to me how the mechanics work. They look so amazing. Maybe someday I'll find the right teacher.
So anyway, the show went well, I felt good about myself and my dancing, and I told M that if she needs dancers in October, I'm on board.
All thanks to the wonderful Shane Linden, who is such an incredible photographer. Check out his website, P.S. Linden Photography. He's on FB, too.
and my personal favorite of the bunch:
My performance went well, as everyone assured me it would. Thank you all for your incredibly kind thoughts and well-wishes. It helped. I was still near-overwhelmingly nervous before my first number, but my hands weren't shaking too bad and I could fake a smile. When my music started, I took a deep breath, pasted on a fake smile and strode out like I owned the place. Within twenty seconds, I knew I had them. If you've ever performed, you know the feeling. You might not be able to see all eyes on you, but you can feel them and they feel good. Mine was the first dance set where people started clapping to the music (and I didn't even prompt them!). For the second set, mine was the last song and I was getting a little tired, just from general fatigue and hunger and nerves and everything--so I wasn't quite as physically active during that song, but it's a slow and sultry song so I made it work for me. I think people liked the circular veil.
Speaking of veil work, I want to learn how to do a barrel turn. I've never found someone who can translate to me how the mechanics work. They look so amazing. Maybe someday I'll find the right teacher.
So anyway, the show went well, I felt good about myself and my dancing, and I told M that if she needs dancers in October, I'm on board.
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Thanks so much for posting pix!
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You're welcome!
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Those pictures are gorgeous. I love the shiny bra! It makes your boobs look like baked potatoes :-)
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What a great show that was. MORE DANCING PLUS LATENIGHT CALLERS.
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And you look gorgeous.
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And thank you!
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I would be honored to have you photograph me someday.
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I have this one, which is a actually a 34B cup sewn onto a 32D bra so I had room to embellish around the edges. I also have a brass one that is a 32D (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chernobylred/3953443674/in/set-72157607796191342) and it's gorgeous, but I feel like a fucking Valkyrie in it.
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Whee! Hugs and squee right back atcha!
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*Note: This is funny, because I am not a woooo-er under normal circumstances.
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And yes, I know neither of us are in-person woohooo-ers, so it means a lot coming from you. XOXO
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Well, helllllo Beautimus Maximus!
I love seeing you in that costume again. Shane can capture dancers like few else, especially as a non-dancer.
The first time barrel turns made sense to me *at all* was at Dalia Carella's workshop. I'll be happy to break it down to you the way she explained it where it made sense to me. It has to do in the way you crunch your torso as you spin around. At least that's how it finally worked for me, but I just still couldn't get the spotting part right, so I gave up on it.
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If you wanna give me some tips on those turns, that'd be super. Although I think I've tried the torso crunch thing (that's what Jen tried to teach me) with no luck.
But we still need to schedule some soak time!
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Yes, shhh! Don't tell anyone. I get terrible stage fright. Luckily, I learned how to deal with it when I was in high school theater. But especially when I have do to choreography or recite lines I get so nervous I sometimes throw up, and my hands and lips shake really bad. Things are much easier when I'm improvising. And for things like Smoker I never got nervous because I'd done it so often it was old hat, and it wasn't really dancing.
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It's funny. Barrel turns are one of the very few moves I ever learned properly - probably because I was a kid, when being dizzy seems less of a challenge and more fun. :)
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I think I need someone to actually hold onto me and physically maneuver my body into the right configuration a couple times. I don't know why I have this block about them, but I do.