VERONICA MORETTI NIEBUHR Teacher, The Studio Savannah, GA USA BIO | POSTS

I realized that whenever I am working really hard on choreography-I become a raging insomniac. So, I finally downloaded the new Radiohead. (Helpful to listen to at all hours) I am also thankful for the inter mission, which has been getting me through some long nights! Anything to take my mind off of the music and movement that endlessly runs through my head. At this point it is all I think about. Our show, Swingin’ at Club Sweets, has been going pretty well in rehearsal, I have been making a lot of changes and adjustments and I am about to add a new dancer to the cast this week. I thought it would be a nice release for the dancers to perform at the Richmond Hill Seafood Festival. However, at their last rehearsal for this with Ms. Jil they were extremely unfocused.

When I arrived at the event I noticed the stage was different-it was not covered and whoever put it together-faced it the wrong way! So it was all depth and no width, Making it hard to fit the group dances across. It was also splintery and uneven. Quite a challenge for the dancers. When my youngest group went up, they got all turned around-partly because there seemed to be audience everywhere-like performing in the round. The rest of it went well, but I felt as though everyone played it a little too safe. I wanted them to have more fun on stage! All in all it was another interesting experience and we did get to have a lot of fun. I especially liked the amusement park rides!