Break A Leg!

Just saw the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Fox. Awesomeness everywhere. I see them just about every time the come to Atlanta, and each time I see something different in their dancers. They've added several new people in the last couple of years; it's always great to see fresh young talent. And bodies, don't forget the hot, sweaty, muscular bodies. But I digress.

They had a Q&A after the show with the rehearsal director and two of the dancers. A few people asked the requisite questions about where they were from, when did they join Ailey, etc. A couple of questions were answered about the pieces that we saw performed today. Then someone received the stupid award for the day. "Is dancing hard?" Really? Matthew Rushing did a good job of comparing dancers to athletes and explaining the physicality of being a dancer. Me personally, I would have just given that person some serious side-eye and asked who had another question. Years of training, bruised bodies,pulled muscles, tired minds, and you ask if it's hard. Granted, the question did come from someone of a far less advanced age than myself. But still. If your teen thinks dancing is 'easy', it might be time to enroll them somewhere other than Dolly Dinkle's School of Dance.

Now if anyone needs me, I'll be trying to get my leg as high as some of those guys kicked. Pray I don't blow a hammy...