A Return and New Start
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
4y ago
I am really sorry to have been away so long – much longer than I intended! It hasn’t been from lack of desire to write, but more from a lack of time. A lot happened really quickly once I returned from my deployment and part of that has meant figuring out a new routine – including time to blog. Backing up a little, the deployment was really rewarding, although by the time I got home I was legitimately exhausted. We had a lot of weather issues which meant we either weren’t able to get into port or stay in port as long as we should have for down time. Despite that, I was able to fairly consistent ..read more
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Last post til Christmas…
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
4y ago
This will be my last post for a while. I am heading out for work and I won’t be back until almost Christmas. It should be a great experience and I am looking forward to it. I leave Sunday night, but it does feel like there is still a lot to do and that needs to happen before then. Part of me is still doubting I will really leave; I feel like something in the universe will interfere and I can’t get that feeling to go away. Perhaps it will when I get on the plane. My lessons last week were really good. We went through my questions about my exercises and then focused on the jive because Boss real ..read more
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And a jive…
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
4y ago
At my last lesson we started working on jive. I have a routine for 4 dances now, leaving just paso, which I might get this weekend. It seems strange I have less than 2 weeks before I will deploy for the entire fall. This deployment may be more challenging to maintain my dance on this ship than the one I was on last fall. While its a bigger ship, the gym area is small. I will adapt and figure it out once I am there. Back to jive, its another dance that is going to take a lot of work to get adaptive to new Boss’s style. We started with just basic exercises and already I am not sure what I am sup ..read more
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No more ‘flat’
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
5y ago
That was one of the themes of my last set of lessons. We were looking at the cha cha which has an elaborate new york sequence and in doing the new yorks we had a conversation about body position. Part of that included a switch from a flat body position to one that emphasizes angles. Essentially, I was told that no matter what step I am doing, I need to work to stretch from shoulder to opposite hip. There is no more being ‘flat’. Its a progression to move my dance forward and bring it to the next level. It’s actually quite a mindset change for me. Its going to take some work, but because it inv ..read more
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Life moves on
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
5y ago
In more ways than one. First, I had great lessons with Boss and lady Boss last weekend. While they were away competing, I was able to send them some videos of my practice exercises so we started with some feedback on them. The main point was that I don’t work with the music enough and focus on being precises too much and that I need to allow my body to move and flow more without being so precise. Overall, both seemed pleased with what I have done. We spent some time working on the rumba and lady boss videoed Boss and I doing some run throughs of it. There are some really good points, but also ..read more
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What a month!
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
5y ago
And it is barely halfway over. When the month started, I felt like it was going to finally be a good one for me. Turns out, I was wrong. Its been a month of one thing after another after another. Work continues to be crazy busy, so that is not helping much. The sudden side effects and having to switch medications has also made everything harder than it needs to be. I have been transitioning from one to the other and now I am only on one but the side effects from beginning the new meds haven’t worn off yet. Its a little weird because more of the side effects involve feeling like something is ha ..read more
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Routines!
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
5y ago
Closed Gold it is! Last week I got a pleasant surprise when I was emailed two routines, rumba and cha cha from my new instructors. Both were closed gold. It was a surprise because I wasn’t expecting routines so quickly and because I was expecting closed silver instead of gold. Needless to say, I was pretty happy. I was also able to get some practice in last week and slowly determine what I want to work on for exercises. Already I could feel some of the changes I have been working on starting to become part of my movements. I was also able to learn the full rumba and write out the cha cha befor ..read more
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Returning to Dance
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
5y ago
Sunday was my first lesson with New Boss. I will have a lesson with him again this week because he and Lady Boss made some changes to their competing schedule which meant they are here this weekend, but not here a couple weeks in a row in July. It was really great to get back on the floor and be working again. The first lesson was better than I expected, and even the commute wasn’t as bad as I feared. He is still evaluating, which is understandable, but it is interesting to see what he has picked up on. One thing that is the most interesting are the number of small idiosyncrasies he picked up ..read more
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Time to Reset
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
5y ago
I have reached the end of what has been a particularly busy month. Starting with competing at Emerald Ball, then a major evaluation at work was followed by two weeks on a training course in Germany. Not to mention the changes in dance which haven’t even really taken effect yet. Whew. I’m still a little jet lagged and yesterday at work was spent trying to catch up on the last two weeks while also managing the current workload, but slowly I am working to reset myself and settle into a new pattern. One of the first things that is happening is the implementation of cognitive behaviour therapy for ..read more
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Big Changes Coming
Breast Cancer Ballroom Dancer
by BCBallroomdancer
5y ago
I mentioned in my last post that there are some big changes coming to how I dance. I will no longer be working with Boss. I will be specializing in Latin only. The first is occurring because Boss has made the decision to stop competing, the second as a result of no viable pro/am 10-dance option available in either my immediate area or even within reasonable commuting distance. I was not surprised with Boss’s decision. Its been coming for a long time and if I am honest, I really have just been waiting for him to finalize it and tell me. I had a very strong suspicion before the competition that ..read more
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