Pittsburgh

So I got into Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's summer program.
I can't go. But I got in.



(get it? Bittersweet???)

Thanks guys!

Thanks! I love ballet people.

Jordyn at 11:06pm February 14
aw im sorry darlin, dont let it get ya down though. stupid auditions.

Madison at 11:07pm February 14
Haha. Yep i wasn't expecting to get in...

Jordyn at 11:07pm February 14
PNB is weird. One year they'll accept you with a scholarship, and the next they won't take you at all. It's ridiculous. And they're doing really horribly financially right now too.

Madison at 11:12pm February 14
Mmmm..true. I did really good at my PBT audition though. I did a tripple pirouette on pointe right in front the the guy! It was awesome!

Jordyn at 11:12pm February 14
Oh nice! Don't ya love it when that happens? =]
Did Dennis teach the audition?

Madison at 11:15pm February 14
Uh...I'm not exactly sure. He was a big guy and he kinda had an accent. And brown-ish hair

Sarah at 11:17pm February 14
Aww no worries though...from what I heard friends weren't that crazy about the intensive after going to it! Omg, congrats on the triple pirouette though. :o

Jordyn at 11:18pm February 14
Hah yeah that's Dennis. I looove him.

Madison at 11:20pm February 14
Thanks! I was in awe the whole audition because of this girl with a zillion degree arabesque! And she was HOLDING it while doing promenades. It was CRAZY! The PNB audition was kinda a downer. Really long, and really boring...really crowded. I had lots of fun at the PBT audition, though.

Madison at 11:20pm February 14
He was really cool! And he called us by our names and everything. And he told me I did well after the audition so I was REALLY happy!

Jordyn at 11:22pm February 14
Ugh i hate girls like that. Haha that's how i feel every audition its awful. So unfair. Yeah, i always hated the pnb audition.


Madison at 11:24pm February 14
She seemed really nice (Adrienne said she was actually because she was at PNB last year with her). But HOLY MOLY! And she was in front of me during barre. I was so distracted! And if YOU feel like that at auditions, I'm in trouble...

Sara at 11:25pm February 14
I am sorry to hear that! Have you heard from any of the other programs yet?


Sarah at 11:25pm February 14
Hahah I'm always super intimidated by the girls doing a zillion pirouettes and triple pique turns and such. There's me, with my singles and doubles. :B But I compensate by doing disgusting extensions. However, I once kicked myself in the head during a releve developpé at an audition. Embarrassing.

Jordyn at 11:25pm February 14
haha noo dont worry about it. And yeah i always try to stand next to people who don't look as good...haha good trick.

Madison at 11:28pm February 14
Sara: I got into Long Beach.
I auditioned for Pittsburgh yesterday. And I didn't audition for Kansas City or Nutmeg.

Sarah: Haha. I don't really have the problem of kicking myself in the head yet! I did kinda kick the girl in front of me during barre a few times (lightly). I kept thinking I hope she's not going to trip me or something.

Jordyn: I was standing by Adrienne for PBT. Ug...way to make myself look horrible.

Sara at 11:29pm February 14
I hope you hear good news from PBT! That would be a good one to go to!

Sarah at 11:29pm February 14
Hahah I kick other people far too often; if the class is crowded, I MUST angle away from the barre or I kick violently. Usually during arabesque grande battements, I "slap" my friend's first arabesque hand. Summer will be interesting...

Madison at 11:32pm February 14
Sara: I hope so too! I don't have the money though...

Sarah: I always travel A LOT during center (at appropriate times) (which the teachers like me to do because I'm so tall) so I'm always trying not to run into people. Especially at auditions I feel SO bad because some people aren't so nice about it...

Sarah at 11:39pm February 14
I know what you mean about traveling! I love to move, so I really MOVE. Sometimes I end up getting frustrated that people won't get out of my way. But I just keep dancing. Except at auditions I worry that if I mow them down, they'll kill me. Or like...set fire to my bun or something.

Madison at 11:42pm February 14
Hehe. Set fire to my bun. My friend and I were going to make a list of the ways to "kill the competition"t. Therabands were involved...DEATH BY THERABAND! Classic

Leyna at 11:44pm February 14
i NEVER get into pnb. i gave up many a decade ago.

Madison at 11:46pm February 14
WHA? Crazy PNB. Not acepting Leyna?!?!?!? PSHH! Yeh I don't think I'll audition next year. Unless I magically turn into Adrienne.

So basically that you again. I love you guys!

ATTENTION EVERYBODY (uh, Taylor): I need help choosing a leotard from lolastretch.

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And I have no idea what color...or if I want any custom options...whatever.

So everyone (taylor) help me choose!!!!!!!!

TOTD

I was thinking about how people always want to be noticed. "How's my hair?" "Does my dress look okay?" My thought of the day: LET people find you, as opposed to trying so hard to MAKE them notice you. Be more like Waldo, if only a little bit.

YEAH!

So I had an amazing class today. I actually did good. YEAH! I was actually on my leg and doing double piques on pointe. And Peggy taught class, which is always awesome! And we did pointe center, which is also awesome. And I did some triples, and my feet actually looked good. But I couldn't stop starring at Travis doing 6 pirouettes. 6? That's nothing? AH! Anywhoo, wonderful, indeed!

I also auditioned for PNB yesterday. And sorry, PNB, but it kinda bummed me out. Can't wait to get my un-acceptance letter! *says in a sarcastic voice

I'm also really nervous to start learning the partering parts for Coppelia tomorrow.
HAOIFHELJFBCEUHVCSEIU!

That's all.

SICKY!

SO I woke up at 1 PM today.
Lovely being [slightly] sick.
Anywhoo. Now I have to get ready for 3 hours of ballet.

Dancer confidence??

So...this is *ahem* random.

A lot of my dancing friends are all sad because they all think they're horrible. Which is sad because they are all a bidgallion times better than me. Hmmm...

My thought:
It's audition season. It's also around the time to have tons of rehearsal. We are all tired and sore and fighting injury. It's ok guys! Hang in there! You ARE amazing!

It seems like dancers are always there to tell each other how amazing each other are. But I don't know anyone who believes it. You will never be good enough and we're reminded of it everyday. Think of that in a good way, OK?

Ah I'm in a disgustingly inspired mood.

I'm going to go take my leotard off. I haven't took it off since my audition today...which was 5 hours ago. So I haven't gone pee in 5 hours. Lovely

So I feel like having a blog. I don't really know why but I seem to type a lot of word documents full of thoughts and whatnot. I might as well just blog about it. It's like writing in a journal for people who like to type? eh? Anyway. I'm Madison. I live to dance. I apparently look like I'm 20. I'm not. In case you were wondering. I love my sister and I like those Hillshire Farms commercials: GO MEAT! I love TV and I watch a lot of it. I love to knit and crochet and polymer clay (if that's a verb). I feel the need to give people gifts. Quite often. And I love giving compiments. Even though that's probably creeps people out.

I've only done ballet for 2 years. Most of the girls in my class are younger than me, but that's ok. They are thankfully mature and really cool. I work hard to keep up with people that have been dancing for much longer than me.

My parents are getting divorced. My mom is also currently going though chemo and soon radiation. That kinda sucks.

I live in an apartment with my mom and sister in which my sister and I share a room. She always wakes me up in the morning when she gets ready for school and turns on the lights.

I love my friends.


So basically this is a random blog. Maybe I'll post some dancing pics, maybe a crocheting pattern, maybe I'll just complain about something. Maybe this blog will actually develop into something.