Another Quiet Month

by Cassa Pancho

I'm writing this after coming out of company class, but I'll talk about that in a minute…

It has been quiet, but in a good way. By that I mean that things seem to be progressing slowly, but definitely surely. We lost a couple of dancers this month - but they seem to be a bit like buses - you lose one and another pops up from somewhere else. There has also been triumph over death, in that a new church administrator has risen from the ashes and declared that the hall (mentioned a couple of months ago) shall be ours. At the same time as that happening, the Royal Academy of Dance has come to our rescue and provided us with somewhere to rehearse at the weekends.

So, today's company class…

Denzil, Venetia and Vanessa were all previously engaged today - so it was up to me to take the class. I was a bit apprehensive, as it's always been Denzil's job, and the dancers are used to working with him. It turned out really well, and I found that after a long spell of teaching people no higher than my knee, it was cool to work with "grown-ups" (by this I mean I didn't need to chase them around the studio, or say "no…don't swing on that barre" or "take your finger out of there please") But seriously, it was brilliant. I had a great time and the dancers were extremely focused and worked amazingly hard. Watch out Denzil - I could get used to this…