Took my first tap class in a dog’s age and OMG I loved it! The teacher has been tapping for probably 40 years—a total pro–and everyone was welcoming and generous. (Sent me the notes and phone video of the routine so far.) And these ladies are good! Time steps, back essence, cramp rolls, pullbacks. I really had to pay attention to keep up.
Someone in my previous post asked about my mother. Here’s a photo of her being fitted for her costume for the Christmas Show at Radio City Music Hall and another of her back home in Newport News, Virginia, a small-town teenager who took the train to NYC and knocked on the stage door.
I didn’t inherit my mom’s extraordinary stage presence or her perfect dancer body. But one thing I did get from my mother is a passion for movement, and for that I’m forever grateful.
Rockette’s in my blood, baby. Dance on!