Influences

I’m catching up on Wednesday’s lecture And reflecting on my influences. My childhood dance school was a massive influence on me; from my fellow students, my classmates and the senior students when I was 3 years old watching them in my first show, my tap and modern teacher and the other competitors in festivals we used to participate in. As with a lot of my peers on this BAPP course I also did pantomimes as a child and was in awe of the professional dancers. So when I was one of those professionals dancers after graduating from dance colleges that felt great.

Also, West Side Story, Grease and Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights were both a summer holiday staple that my family had to endure every day for 6 weeks at a time. Luckily not both in the same holidays.

As far as moments that I can think of along my career were other dancers I found inspiring on one of my cruise contracts. A few of them were just so energetic and still gave a knock out performance 6 months into a contract and really helped boost my enthusiasm and energy myself.

Now that I’m teaching I find great inspiration in taking courses with Imperial Society of Dancing (ISTD) examiners and love to learn from theirs wealth of knowledge. This always inspires me to keep learning myself.

I hope to find much more inspiration in the future too!