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Remember when all you wanted to do was sing and dance and act?
And then cancer
And recovery and waiting
And still more waiting and recovery
And then you are better
And you find yourself on
Monday
Meeting a new voice teacher and feeling seen and heard
Accessing parts of your voice you thought were lost forever
You sit with Alison in a coffee shop on the upper west side
And trade ideas and write and plan and write
You sit with the altos in chorus and learn Bizet’s Carmen
The deliciousness of the score
Tuesday
Dance class, “Dance for Movers”
Being outside your comfort zone but
Remembering that you love to dance
The joy of being challenged by a teacher
Who loves to share the joy of what they do with
A stern kindness that makes you want to be better
Coffee with Nick from London
How has it been over six years?!
Wednesday
Home with your love
A trip to the library
Puzzling
Working on projects
Thursday
Back to dance class
“Young Hearts Run Free”
You’re thirteen again and
Rehearsing in the dance studio at Kuringai
Young hearts
To yourself be true…
My mind must be free
To learn all I can about me
Over twenty years later
Your muscles remembering
Lunch with the Superhero posse
Bianca and Ruth
Fellow cancer survivors
Still in the thick of it
Coffee with Danni
The loveliness of seeing your friends glow
Class with John Tartaglia
Isn't it nice when your heroes are everything you hoped they'd be and more?
Warm and funny and down to earth
The power of laughter
The joy of sharing a room with immensely talented people
Friday
Class with David Brunetti
Acting through Song
Revisiting techniques from drama school
The meticulous satisfying work of it
Teaching a voice lesson
The language of music
Saturday
Double show day at Frozen
Getting paid to watch theatre
Getting paid to watch people experience their first Broadway show
The joy of it
Just another week in New York
Doing things you’ve always done
But new again
A different body
A new sense of purpose
How lucky I am to be here.
And then cancer
And recovery and waiting
And still more waiting and recovery
And then you are better
And you find yourself on
Monday
Meeting a new voice teacher and feeling seen and heard
Accessing parts of your voice you thought were lost forever
You sit with Alison in a coffee shop on the upper west side
And trade ideas and write and plan and write
You sit with the altos in chorus and learn Bizet’s Carmen
The deliciousness of the score
Tuesday
Dance class, “Dance for Movers”
Being outside your comfort zone but
Remembering that you love to dance
The joy of being challenged by a teacher
Who loves to share the joy of what they do with
A stern kindness that makes you want to be better
Coffee with Nick from London
How has it been over six years?!
Wednesday
Home with your love
A trip to the library
Puzzling
Working on projects
Thursday
Back to dance class
“Young Hearts Run Free”
You’re thirteen again and
Rehearsing in the dance studio at Kuringai
Young hearts
To yourself be true…
My mind must be free
To learn all I can about me
Over twenty years later
Your muscles remembering
Lunch with the Superhero posse
Bianca and Ruth
Fellow cancer survivors
Still in the thick of it
Coffee with Danni
The loveliness of seeing your friends glow
Class with John Tartaglia
Isn't it nice when your heroes are everything you hoped they'd be and more?
Warm and funny and down to earth
The power of laughter
The joy of sharing a room with immensely talented people
Friday
Class with David Brunetti
Acting through Song
Revisiting techniques from drama school
The meticulous satisfying work of it
Teaching a voice lesson
The language of music
Saturday
Double show day at Frozen
Getting paid to watch theatre
Getting paid to watch people experience their first Broadway show
The joy of it
Just another week in New York
Doing things you’ve always done
But new again
A different body
A new sense of purpose
How lucky I am to be here.
2 Comments
Love, love, love this! What an uplifting way to end the week. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you, Ma! :)