Day 476: The Choreography

As students at Shenandoah Conservatory, we are given so many opportunities, and if we are interested in a leadership challenge, we are usually granted the chance to creatively shine. One of my best friends here is Emily Rafala. She was a part of the band during Marat/Sade, worked with me during SSMT, uses me as her accompanist, and now she is the choreographer for She Loves Me. She is doing a terrific job, but she's not messing around. She doesn't make simple dances and movement just because she's a student; she expects fast paced, energetic motion and does an outstanding job pulling the best work from the company. While there's not much dancing in the show, she takes the little there is and amplifies it leaps and bounds. There's one big number where people dance in a quiet cafe. They dance more and faster in that number than the Russian Dance of The Nutcracker. I'm so proud to be among such talented people. I love it here!