Tag: music
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The dancing flutist

Recently, I’ve decided to lean fully into being a dancing flutist. Well actually, I’m not interested in doing them simultaneously- it’s too much of a compromise for both art forms. But it has been exciting to explore ways to combine live music and dance in our performances. Last Valentine’s Day, I did a little ballet,…
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7 things I learned about performing, as a dancer

I don’t remember my first performance at all. I started ballet at four (and a half), so I was probably five. I took ballet rather seriously throughout elementary and intermediate school- two to three classes a week, and several productions a year. When I was eleven, I began playing the flute in band. As my…