Day #2 January 10th, 2012- The Soloist

This is a picture of my solo dance from last year. I was honored to be selected to perform a solo because the instructors are very hard and give out solo's selectively at my studio. The solo I performed was a jazzy hip-hop type of dance. I was surprised to be chosen after being in the company for only two years. They selected me to do my solo when I was eleven but didn't performed it until I was twelve. My teacher was gun-ho about me getting a solo. I was asked to join the company dance team as a Full Member when I was nine (my first year at this dance studio). In receiving this solo it made me feel very good and accomplished. Just so you know in my studio, company teams have two sets of groups in the class. There's the Apprentices, that means that you have some fundamentals that need to be worked on before becoming Full Member. And then there are Full Members that means you have mastered all of the basic and advanced technical issues. I was the only dancer in Jr. Company that was asked to become a Full Member. My solo was performed to the song "Made" from the movie Step Up 2. I really liked my solo dance but I was very nervous. My teacher, Miss. Andrea, was having a baby and she really didn't have the necessary time to teach me the dance. But some how I learned it. I ended up having to learn the dance in a total of 5 hours, it was crazy. I was able to perform my dance at the regional competition and I was awarded 1st in my category, which was another big plus for me. Here is a video from YouTube of my solo song, Made…