the piece

So to be perfectly honest,i have just spent the last half an hour thinking of pieces that I have seen and music that I have heard and it is so difficult for me to pick something that tops them all. I have had so many influences throughout my life of people, places, and things that have made me want to dance. As I start to look back on these influences one person in particular comes to mind. When I started dancing at the age of 7 she was probably 17 or 18 years old, her name was Charlene Hoffman and my goal in life was pretty much to be her. She was the star of my studio and everyone looked up to her. At the time she was the most beautiful dancer I had ever seen. She could do it all, ballet, jazz, contemporary, even tap. My teachers just loved her and talked about her often. She even choreographed her own piece in the end of the year recital. After she left my studio she was cast in as company in Los Angeles, California. All I remember thinking was that she had the life, the life that I wanted. I think that every artist has a person like this who they aspire to be.

Over my last few years of high school and coming into college I have found myself becoming my own version of Charlene. During the past year at my studio I was there pretty much everyday. I taught classes and worked hard on my own dances and developing my choreography. Little did I know, I became that girl that everyone looks up to.