The first day of dance

Yesterday was my first day back to dance for this year. Every year on the first day of dance it feels like the first day of school because I get kind of nervous. I don't understand why I get so nervous but I'm always afraid that someone might take my spot in the dressing room or that someone might take my place at the barre. Yesterday was a typical first day of dance. All of the new girls were giggling in the dressing room because they were glad that they got to be back there. This was there first time getting to be in the dressing room with all of the company members. This year it was especially crowded because there are so many apprentice company and company members. I also dreaded going back to dance because I didn't want to deal with drama but as soon I as I stepped into the doors of the studio the drama was going on. One of the dance teachers told us this year that we are not to be waiting in line for the bathroom that the company members need to change in our dressing room. She also told us that even if we had to use the restroom that we could wait until we got to class and that they would let us go during class. All of the dancers were shocked we didn't know how we were all going to use the restroom during class because someone would constantly be going in and out of class. This would cause a great disruption. However we do what we are told because we don't want to make the dance teachers mad because they may not give us good parts in the Nutcracker. Luckily when we got to dance class the main dance teacher straightened everything out and told us that we can use the restroom but we can't change in there because that takes to much time. So the dancers were all relieved that it wasn't going to be an issue this year. Then we got to dance and we hadn't danced in a couple of weeks so we were all out of shape. I found myself already sweating by the second combination at the barre. The teachers did try to take it easy on us since it was the first day back to dance but they didn't show to much mercy. We all made it through the classes and the new people weren't in our way. So all in all it was a pretty good first day back to dance. I know that the drama is soon to come but I will enjoy this first week of dance before we start working on any new choreography. I <3 coffee!!!