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Happy One Year, NYC

Arts Inspiration New York

A year ago today, I showed up in Astoria with my life in a U-haul.  Also in tow was my cat – Morgan – who was coming out of sedation.  That was an experience in itself; poor Morgan. I can’t believe it’s been a year [...]

A Look Back in Time

Arts Family Inspiration New York

I had a great childhood.  I was a little blonde pipsqueak who was stubborn and goofy – a Daddy’s girl with my mom’s determination.  I guess some things never change, right?  I was never super “girly”.  I have two [...]

Back to Reality

Inspiration New York

This past week, my family finally went on another vacation together.  It had been years since the last time we had all been able to get together like that.  Between my brothers doing internships and me going to summer intensives, we just [...]

Seeing Someone Differently

Arts Inspiration New York

I believe everyone has a passion in life. Whether or not they discover it – or pursue it – is a different story.  What an amazing creation it is when a person finds what truly makes them come alive.  Even more, how lucky we [...]

Seven Months In

Arts Inspiration New York

I’ve been in NYC for just a little over seven months now, and sometimes I can’t believe that I actually get to live here and don’t have to leave any time soon.  I do hate to admit, however, that sometimes I take it for granted. [...]

Auditions Upon Auditions

Arts Inspiration New York

One hundred twenty-four dancers stand along the sides of three of the walls in the studio.  Chairs are placed front and center on the fourth wall that house the eyes intensely watching as six of the dancers perform the choreography they learned [...]

Dancing is a Morphing Passion

Arts Inspiration

Dancers can’t perform forever. All of us know this.  Due to the intensity and athleticism of the art, as well as the inevitable fact that we must grow old, our bodies break down and become weaker or an injury ensues, thus marking the end [...]

For the Love of Paul (Taylor)

Arts Inspiration New York

My first exposure to Paul Taylor Dance Company was a fluke. I was a freshman in college and wanted to go to a summer intensive since I had never been to one. As it would be, I had missed many deadlines for auditions and applications for [...]

Art, Art Everywhere

Arts Inspiration New York

One of the many things I love about living in a big city is the fact that the arts surround me all the time.  A billboard with a dancer on it in Times Square, countless Broadway shows put on every day, photographers taking a snapshot in time to [...]

A New Endeavor

Arts Inspiration New York

I’ve always loved keeping a journal.  I like looking back years later to see what I had done and how I felt on a specific day.  But I have to be inspired by something in order to write it down.  That’s why it seems a bit silly that [...]