Overall, I’d say I was successful. Mind you, I didn’t complete everything, but I’m still alive and healthy. There is always next year. So that I can end positively, my biggest failures this year involved really not choreographing and virtually no progress on my thesis. I did some choreographing, but the music I have didn’t [...]

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Even though you’d definitely push deadlines, if you’re planning on being in higher education (either earning a bachelor’s or graduate degree), you may want look at scholarships/fellowships. I forget if I mentioned it, but I was lucky enough to go to school for free. I received scholarship through Bill Gates foundation that covered my undergraduate [...]

Although I admitted to not be a fan of DVDs for practice earlier, I am slowly changing my mind. After taking the veil class with Sonya, I found myself looking at Sonya’s notes and thinking “What on earth is that?” The veil move names aren’t always descriptive, I didn’t take notes (which I should have), [...]

I begin school again on January 5th. The reality hit me when I realized that I needed to order my textbook last night to ensure I receive it in time for class. I have to admit, I wouldn’t mind a little more break. It has been relaxing, even though I have been working on many [...]

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Reading over my personal statement yet again (I am somewhat of a perfectionist), I realize that I see another connection to my physics interests and my dance interests. This is more of the academic side, though. I’m reading discussions on how some very fundamental things about Middle Eastern dance are not decided upon, like what [...]

Although I keep this blog for myself, I do want an audience. Why would I bother posting online if I didn’t ? Because I’m drafting my new goals for the new year, I’m planning on keeping this blog going. Since I think I have an audience of sorts, I want to know what you would [...]

I originally bought this book as a coffee table book. However, Indian Classical Dance: Tradition in Transition offers more than a book for guests to casually browse. One of the most striking parts of the book are the photographs. They are absolutely crisp and beautiful to see. They are well worth the cost of the [...]

Over the past few weeks, I had two good conversations on what being a professional dancer entails. Both conversations helped me learn even more about what it takes, and I also ended up admiring the dancers more. My regular teacher, Danielle, said that being a professional dancer involves doing the behind the scenes work religiously, even [...]