Last summer was not completely miserable. My schedule was overwhelming, but dancing with WyldStyl, one of Houston’s hottest hip hop crews, made all the working hours worth it.
I loved the ridiculous dancing hours… I would go from one job, to the next, and then to dance class at around 7pm, leave at 12am, finally get home at 1am…and then repeat the process the next day! I had to quit when school began, as I had to pick between school or my dancing passion. I was still dancing with Lamar Dance Theatre…but it did not, in any way, compare to WyldStyl. I was excited when school ended this year because it meant I could dance with WyldStyl again. Things obviously did not happen as I wished–Gary Connor, WyldStyl’s choreographer, decided to go freelance and pursue his dancing career without the entire company. I contacted Michael Baerga, one of Planet Funk’s best dancers, and asked him for advice. He told me Dance Force was off for the summer, and to look at Planet Funk’s Slam Squad. I looked them up…and they were minors. I’m nineteen years old. I said no. And so this entire summer I have been danceless. And It has sucked.
I like myself as a dancer. I’m a complete extrovert on stage, or on a dance floor, or when music is just simply on! Maybe I know the difference between “time and place” too well.
