I haven't danced since high school. I was a different build, a different energy level, a different level of dedication than I am right now, and let me tell you it hasn't been easy trying to get back on the horse.

It's been rehearsal after rehearsal, constant changing of choreography, costuming, timing, and all the while I am also working on my writing portfolio to submit to grad schools so I can get going with that ASAP. If I'm not dancing, I'm writing. And we dance probably like 8 hours a day now.

The scariest part for me so far I think is the freestyle 8 counts. I wouldn't count myself a dancer. I'm generally possessed of better than average coordination, I think (although there are times that I begin to question that this experience, my brain feels like its full of dancing and writing right now and it can't choose to focus on any one of those things) and I just try to copy choreography and not get too technical about it. But I got like 3 solo 8 counts and it hasn't been easy trying to do it without the wushu training getting in the way.

I really have been having a lot of fun though. It's nice to just do this. After what Profe Versatil said about dancing and martial arts being hand in hand, I think I have to take a greater interest in it now to just be better at movement in general. I never really had anything against dancing, but I figured I'd do it eventually. Eventually falls onto the list of "things that I like that I'll probably never get around to" but I guess this experience is making it an exception. I feel like a beast of burden though--I'm only there because I can do some acrobatics and I have enough strength to pull off a decent freeze. There's nothing behind it when it comes to technique though, so I just get a tight neck afterward.

It's great though. I think I will look into doing more.