{"id":22,"date":"2014-05-21T19:48:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denisepence.com\/blog\/?p=22"},"modified":"2014-07-10T03:34:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T03:34:06","slug":"dancing-on-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denisepence.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/dancing-on-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing on the Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FineRomanceKickClip\"<\/a>“Mom!\u00a0 You’re robbing the cradle!”<\/em>
Such were the comments from my children when my husband choreographed the opening number to “Fine Romance”\u00a0for the Ridgefield Chorale a few years ago (note the hair?).\u00a0 I think it was around 2012 when I was paired with\u00a0<\/span>Morton Shendler Jensen<\/a>, Owner of Fred Astraire Dance Studios in Ridgefield, CT.<\/span>

Once a dancer, always a dancer.\u00a0\u00a0When I think about it,\u00a0as a modern dancer, I always preferred telling a story thru dance.\u00a0 While in college at the North Carolina School for the Arts, I danced in Job Saunder’s\u00a0“Summernight” which told the story\u00a0of\u00a0various\u00a0small town residents; and later danced in\u00a0Valerie Bettis’ classic “No Exit” which\u00a0performed at\u00a0Jacobs Pillow just prior to my coming to New York.\u00a0 Today, illustrating thru dance\u00a0“Fine Romance,” being sung by the 75-member Ridgefield Chorale, felt like coming home.\u00a0 Thank you to Artistic Director and friend,\u00a0<\/span>Daniella Sikora<\/a>, for inviting us to share in such a special evening as both narrator and dancer.<\/span>

Although I can’t and won’t compete against the young dancers on Broadway these days, it’s thrilling and gratifying to\u00a0still be considered a part of the dancer elite in New York and thereby get\u00a0sent in\u00a0by my “new” agent to “swing” dance with my husband for the product, FluZone.\u00a0 Called back, put on hold until the very last minute and then . . . released.\u00a0 Ahhhh man.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 Such is the life of the actor\/dancer.\u00a0 Quite glamorous, no?<\/span>

No.<\/span>

“Give me somebody to dance to dance for; give me somebody to show; all I ever needed was the music and the mirror and chance to dance . . . for you.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Mom!\u00a0 You’re robbing the cradle!”Such were the comments from my children when my husband choreographed the opening number to “Fine Romance”\u00a0for the Ridgefield Chorale a few years ago (note the hair?).\u00a0 I think it was around 2012 when I was paired with\u00a0Morton Shendler Jensen, Owner of Fred Astraire Dance Studios in Ridgefield, CT.Once a dancer, always a dancer.\u00a0\u00a0When I think about it,\u00a0as a modern dancer, I always preferred telling a story thru dance.\u00a0 While in college at the North Carolina School for the Arts, I danced in Job Saunder’s\u00a0“Summernight” which told the story\u00a0of\u00a0various\u00a0small town residents; and later danced in\u00a0Valerie Bettis’ \u2026<\/p>\n

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