Sword!

I took a stab at choreography and choreographed a sword dance in about two and a half weeks for a New Year's eve performance. I was terribly nervous about it as I'm a new performer and had never done any choreo of my own, plus its sword and George can always act up and leap off of whatever balance point I'm using. I ran a rough draft of it past my instructor and she assured me that she wasn't bored at all--I thought it was fairly simple and was afraid it was somewhat repetitive. I kept practicing, with my eldest daughter in the other room rolling her eyes as George slipped and dented the floor, or worse, slipped and gave me yet another egg on my skull. Gradually it came together, and I did a run through for my troupe sisters which was very well recieved. New Year's ever George and I did our debut and it was a big hit!

I did notice that the men ALL kept their legs crossed during the performance, evidently for fear that I was going to do double duty as a moyle. *lol* I had choreographed for one room but had to dance in two, so I would do a slightly shortened version of what I had planned and then dance into the other room for siple spins and whatnot. Once I get past the "introduce George to the audience" part of the dance I balance him on my shoulder, and then balance him on my hip and eventually my head. Well, as I danced in the second room by one table, a guy asked his friend "Hey, is that glued to her head or what?" The reply? "No dude, it was on her shoulder a few minutes ago!" I got such a chuckle out of that.

Its time to practice the dance again as I've been asked to perform it up in Burlington next month. I think I'll see what else I can add to the floorwork portion of the dance, since the floor at the cafe I'll be performing in is teensy!