Okay so obviously I've sucked at updating for the past month. So much has been happening in my burlesque life, as well as my real life, blogging fell to the wayside for a moment. But never fear my loves, I'm back!!
Okay so let's rewind to last month, my first time performing at Phase. I made it through the show without passing out, vomiting, or getting anything thrown at me (with the exception of some dollar bills, heyyyyy lol). I felt pretty good about it...mostly meaning that I felt good that it was over. I know that the dance could have been a lot better, I could have conected with the audience more, and generally not looked as terrified, but hey, that's life. Everyone was super nice and supportive and I obviously wasn't too scarred because I somehow talked myself into signing up to perform at Pride and for our Moulin Rouge show.
PRIDE
Okay so we did a group number for Pride, a fantastic mashup of "Show Me How You Burlesque" and "Blow." We worked HARD on that number. Three weeks of practicing, twice/week, for 2 hours/night. I can say with complete confidence that we were one of the best acts out there that day. The day of Pride arrived and it was approximately 10 trillion degrees. We had to show up down town partially made up, so riding the metro with my super blue eyeshadow and mohawk made for a pretty interesting ride :) Although the day was not without it trials, I think we all came together as a troupe and did an amazing job. When we hit the stage in our rainbow colored corsets 85% of my nerves left me (not 100%, I'm still new at this after all...). I was just excited to showcase all our hard work. Of course it started pouring as we performed, but we didn't care...and neither did the audience for that matter. They were so interactive and people couldn't get enough of Dani's voice. Yes, bad ass Lady Justice sang Christina Aguilera and KILLED IT! That was my first time attending any Pride festival and it was a very cool atmosphere. If I hadn't been so exhausted, I would have loved to stay and partay for a while, but I was wiped. Plus I had to get home and rest because we had rehearsal for our Moulin Rouge show the next night.
Moulin Rouge
We literally had a week (and by week I mean 4 hours spread over 2 days) to learn the choreo for the group numbers for Friday's show. A daunting prospect? Yes. But we're the fucking DC Gurly Show so of course we rocked it. Friday's show was AMAZING. We opened with a group performance of Lady Marmalade and closed with El Tango de Roxanne. We even busted out a can can line at the end! The whole show was so well received and this was definitely the least nervous I've ever been while performing. That could be due to the fact that I wasn't performing solo, but I like to think its mostly because I'm finally getting the hang of this performing thing.
What's next?
We have an administrative meeting this week and there are some suuuuuuuuuper exciting things on the agenda. I won't tell what they are, but I will say, look for some new and exciting places to see me and the Gurlies and some pretty awesome themes coming up VERY soon! Also, look for me at our July show when I have my very first SOLO! Eeek, even thinking about that makes me nervous, but I know it'll be awesome. I'm also incredibly flattered that one of my fellow Gurlies, Sugar Cane, asked if I would perform with her for her first number. The bylaws say that you have to perform with an "experienced" performer for your first number. I don't know if I'd go as far as to say I'm an experienced performer, but I'm flattered all the same :) I'll definitely post the info for that show when I get it.
Okay thanks for bearing with me through this loooooong ass update. I'll get better at updating more regularly so I won't have to write a novel next time!
<3 Lexie
