ᴛhᴇ gᴏᴏd sᴛʀɪpᴇʀ naᴍᴇs ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇ: a pᴇʀsᴏnal ᴛaᴋᴇ
ɪn ᴛhᴇ ʀᴇalᴍ ᴏf dancᴇ, fɪndɪng a gᴏᴏd naᴍᴇ ɪs cʀᴜcɪal. ᴏnᴇ ᴛhaᴛ ʀᴏlls ᴏff ᴛhᴇ ᴛᴏngᴜᴇ, cᴏᴍᴍands aᴛᴛᴇnᴛɪᴏn, and ᴇᴍʙᴏdɪᴇs ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇssᴇncᴇ. whᴇn ɪ fɪʀsᴛ dᴏnnᴇd ᴍʏ hᴇᴇls and fɪshnᴇᴛs, “sᴇʀpᴇnᴛɪnᴇ” was ʙᴏʀn. ɪnspɪʀᴇd ʙʏ ᴛhᴇ flᴜɪdɪᴛʏ ᴏf a snaᴋᴇ, ɪᴛ capᴛᴜʀᴇd ᴍʏ gʀacᴇfᴜl ᴍᴏᴠᴇs and ᴇxᴏᴛɪc allᴜʀᴇ. ᴇach ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪ gʀacᴇd ᴛhᴇ sᴛagᴇ, ᴛhaᴛ naᴍᴇ ɪgnɪᴛᴇd wɪᴛhɪn ᴍᴇ a fɪᴇʀcᴇ cᴏnfɪdᴇncᴇ ᴛhaᴛ ᴛʀanslaᴛᴇd ɪnᴛᴏ ᴇlᴇcᴛʀɪfʏɪng pᴇʀfᴏʀᴍancᴇs.
lɪᴠɪng wɪᴛh gᴏᴏd sᴛʀɪpᴇʀ naᴍᴇs: whaᴛ ɪᴛ’s ʀᴇallʏ lɪᴋᴇ
ʙᴇʏᴏnd ᴛhᴇ sᴛagᴇ, ᴍʏ gᴏᴏd sᴛʀɪpᴇʀ naᴍᴇ sᴇᴇps ɪnᴛᴏ ᴍʏ daɪlʏ lɪfᴇ. ɪᴛ’s a cᴏnsᴛanᴛ ʀᴇᴍɪndᴇʀ ᴏf ᴍʏ aʀᴛɪsᴛʀʏ and ᴛhᴇ ᴛʀansfᴏʀᴍaᴛɪᴠᴇ pᴏwᴇʀ ᴏf dancᴇ. whᴇn ɪ’ᴍ ʀᴜnnɪng ᴇʀʀands, “sᴇʀpᴇnᴛɪnᴇ” whɪspᴇʀs ᴇncᴏᴜʀagᴇᴍᴇnᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ wɪᴛh pᴜʀpᴏsᴇ and pᴏɪsᴇ. ɪn cᴏnᴠᴇʀsaᴛɪᴏns, ɪᴛ ᴇᴠᴏᴋᴇs a sᴇnsᴇ ᴏf ᴍʏsᴛᴇʀʏ and ɪnᴛʀɪgᴜᴇ. and whᴇn ɪ’ᴍ fᴇᴇlɪng ᴜnɪnspɪʀᴇd, ɪᴛ sᴇʀᴠᴇs as a caᴛalʏsᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ cʀᴇaᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ and ᴇᴍʙʀacᴇ ᴍʏ ɪnnᴇʀ sɪʀᴇn.
