What's this all about?

Hi, I'm Kristen, and this blog is going to be about my experience as a dancer. I'm also going to look at movies and different dancing video's and evaluate them using my own knowledge and experience as a template. So... let's get started!!

First, I think I'll start with my own personal dancing story. I was born in the town of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania with no idea of how much I would love dancing. As I got older, I loved just putting music on and dancing around the living room. Finally when I reached the age of 4, my Mom took me to my first ballet class. And I LOVED it!!!

I was hooked. I loved being so graceful and how fun it was to jump through the air and not worry about anything. Since I loved ballet so much, I then started experimenting with other types of dance. I took Jazz for the first time at the age of 6, and couldn't wait to try more.

After awhile, I grew out of the studio that I first started with and I decided to take lessons at a more advanced place. I stayed at Enterline's Studio until my family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania before my eighth grade year. Enterline's dance studio was a really great opportunity for me because, the owner of the studio happened to be the daughter of the director of local company. So, my first experience in a company started in my fifth grade year. I loved being a part of a unit like that so I continued to be in a company the rest of my primary schooling experience.

When my family moved to Lancaster with my Dad's job, I immediately started being a part of the Ballet Theater of Lancaster. This set up was really nice because I got to take classes at the same place and with the same people where the company was. It was also at Lancaster School of Ballet where I got to increase my expertise in a variety of different types of dance styles. Some of them included learning how to belly-dance, tap dance, do modern, and learn all different aspects of lyrical dance.

Ballet Theater of Lancaster was also a really great experience because of all the roles that I got to play. Some of my favorites were included being Wendy in Peter Pan, the Cat in Peter and the Wolf, the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, and the Lemon Princess in Chipolino. I also got a chance to learn all sorts of variations such as the silver fairy variation from Sleeping Beauty and one of the female variations from Don Quixote.

Now, I attend a University and am in my freshman year. I plan to major in dance and psychology with hopes of becoming a dance therapist... but who knows? I'll go wherever God takes me. So, now that you know my background in dance, you'll be better able to understand where I'm coming from in my evaluations of different aspects of dance and the stories that I tell!!!! Please Enjoy!!!