I'm your tiny dancer
This weekend was City Ballet of Houston's annual Nutcracker and for only the second time in my life, I was hired as a guest artist to play the Arabian dancer. It was the most flattering experience I have ever had - they put me up in a hotel in Galveston for the weekend, covered all my meals and paid me a ridiculous amount of money considering I was on stage for all of six minutes! I felt like a professional dancer!
In this version of The Nutcracker, the Arabian dance is a very sensual duet and the guy dances without a shirt on. During intermission, one of the production managers was helping to sweep the fake snow off the stage. He looked up at me and with a smile said "you know, I spent twelve years in private school and now I'm sweeping fake snow off a stage." I smiled and said "if it makes you feel any better, I went to Stanford and now I'm a topless dancer!"
In this version of The Nutcracker, the Arabian dance is a very sensual duet and the guy dances without a shirt on. During intermission, one of the production managers was helping to sweep the fake snow off the stage. He looked up at me and with a smile said "you know, I spent twelve years in private school and now I'm sweeping fake snow off a stage." I smiled and said "if it makes you feel any better, I went to Stanford and now I'm a topless dancer!"
posted by Nicholas at 9:53 PM
2 Comments:
LOL!
I didn't realize you had gone professional! And great job on the HRB performances, as usual. You get better every year. Can't wait to see the videos.
Should I get you a pole and a tear-away cop uniform for Christmas? You could expand your routine.
Miss you, Jane
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