Performance Anxieties

Published: August 30, 2007, 1:42 pm

Tags: uncategorized, dance, new york

Performance is not my forte. Because you see, I've had terrible stage fright since the tender age of 5, when I participated in the dance recital that will live in infamy. During the annual talent showcase at my church, in front of an audience of more than 100 people, I fell off the stage mid-performance. There was a collective gasp throughout the auditorium, a split moment of silence, then my grandmother proceeded to run to the base of the stage, screaming her head off in an effort to make sure her baby was alright. My parents, in an act that is typical of them, took pictures. My entire family still teases me about the incident to this day. And I just know that my sister will mention it in her maid of honor speech. I've also never taken dance lessons. Perhaps that may have helped in my klutzy-ness, but while all the other little girls were off to ballet and tap lessons, my sister and I were deported to taekwondo (at least I got a second degree black belt from it). A couple of

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