Thursday, June 23, 2011

Dance Is A Part of My Work-out!


Working out is vital to keep yourself healthy and fit. I began to increase in my dance rehearsals as a work-out. Recently I had two performances coming up back to back, my opportunity to really go for it and create the body I really desire. I'm not one to go to the gym, so dance is perfect. I do implement resistance training to bring balance and strengthen my bones. Resistance training helps keep me light on my feet. As a result, I feel the benefits because my movements come with much ease. My performances are always much more intense than rehearsals, so lifting weights help prepare my body for the high intensity of each performance. I'll tell you, 5 minutes of performing is equivalent to a 30 minute cardio work-out. This is why I dance.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

I Thought I was Dancing Just for Me!


I was just asked to dance at a community production, "MY Name Is Victory", in my hometown where I grew up, Paterson. It's going to be held at Eastside High School...I don't know if you saw the movie, "Lean On Me", (Joe Clark). Well anyway, I said yes although it's at the last minute. The production is Saturday, June 11th at 7PM. It's funny the way it happened. I just reached out to an old friend on Facebook regarding the show and he mentioned that he needed my help. So, I gave him my number and he called within the next minute.

He asked me to end the show with a dance, gave me the name of the song. Thank God for Youtube, I was able to play it as we were conversing. So now I'm going to really push myself to the limit with my workout because this dance has to be AWESOME! It's not just for my health benefit, but to display my gift to others. God has a sense of humor.