Performance Time

The competition took place on November 3^rd in Newton, Iowa. Like I had predicted, most of the pieces were the typical jazz or lyrical. The piece I made Emily was special. I knew there would be nothing like it, and I was correct. Since her technique was nowhere near perfect, I hoped that the uniqueness of the dance would help carry her. I ended up being right, because her dance scored 8^th overall (the competition had hundreds of competitors). This was the highest anyone had ever scored from her 3A high school. She was beyond excited. The nonstop critiques and me being tough on her even when she didn't like it had paid off. Her mom was really happy too. I was very proud of her. She definitely could have done better on her technique, and I had seen her do it better in practice, but that is often just from first-performance nerves. While I was happy for her, I was proud of myself too. This was my first competitive piece that I had ever choreographed, and it scored incredibly well. It was a great day for all of us.