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Observing Parallels

This may seem a ridiculous thing to post about but the parallels in my worlds are revealing themselves everywhere and I wanted to share. 

As we approach exciting deadlines for MDX, ISTD ballet exams, marking for end of term papers for my students, competition beginning, and workshop presentations for Healthy Dancer Canada, my need to be almost obsessively prepared overtakes me and I see the parallels in all areas of my life.

Ensuring we have edited and proofed our essays and included all the required appendicies for our inquiry submission is not only equivalent to dotting the Is and crossing the Ts, but akin to the preparation for performances.  I enter into my first year as a competition choreographer since Covid occurred I see the parallels in the studio and in my home office space regarding preparedness. 

The addition of sequins, altering, gathering or ruching costumes is just like downloading, filling, double-checking Award forms, Employer support forms, making Table of Contents, ensuring the pages are numbered correctly, and documents are saved with the appropriate title. 

All further supports my desire to investigate whether the skills learned in the studio during dance education are transferrable in other areas of our personal and professional practices. 

Hope your preparations are going well Team. Onward we go, taking the action steps necessary to make our performance at school and in life possible. 

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