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Ballet 2, Deb 0

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Now Put Your Foot Behind Your Ear

I'm not 100% sure it's been documented here, but a big reason why I've been shying away from auditions has been because I am grossly out of shape. (Well, at least as grossly out of shape as a size 2 can be!)

Almost 3 years ago I nearly broke my ankle in ballet. It is now arthritic, but the most accurate barometer around.

Last Christmas I nearly fractured my hip while doing a cartwheel. It looked hairlined on the x-ray, but the specialist and the MRI declare that it is not a new injury. (Go me?)

So a big part of why I'm so out of shape is because I've been really, really injured.

Up until yesterday, I've been terrified to do much exercising because I was afraid that my hip would crumble.

However, with StrawHat Auditions lurking in February, it's time to get the ball (and hopefully not my ankle) rolling.

I placed a call to my old ballet teacher last night in hopes that he was still teaching. Lo and behold, he is not only teaching, but is offering classes that are conducive to my schedule. Alas! I have caught a break!

So at 9:30 this morning I donned a whole lot of spandex, I'll certainly spare the details of how 'amazing' I looked, and went to class for the first time in nearly 2 years.

The first 10 minutes were OK- it felt like riding a bike. The other 80 minutes, well, they were none too graceful.

I am proud to report that my back attitude was actually pretty good. The rest of it needs work and my ankle needs to strengthen a bit. This will come in time.

My next class is on Thursday morning. I am sore from this one already (it's been less than 12 hours) and I'm sure it will be quite the adventure come Thursday.

The ibuprofin party will commence in 5...4...3...2...

It was... a day...

I had 2 auditions last Friday.

The first was for a musical called Dollface.

I arrived, got changed, and made small talk with the other actors.

Then, I found a proverbial unicorn.

There was a very cute, male actor waiting to audition. Why is he a unicorn?

Because he was straight! AND nice.

And engaged, as I found out.

Regardless...

The audition went...ok... I cracked on Oh What A Night by Frankie Valli and got cut off on Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow.

However, they liked my dress and my eyes.

Then I took a subway back uptown to audition for a film that has evidently been commissioned by Sundance for 2012.

The audition went pretty well, although it was a bit odd. The casting directors weren't there, but the two lead actors were. It really felt like a student film audition to be completely honest.

They said that if there was to be a callback I'd hear from them next week.

Very strange.

Then I made it to my voice lesson on time. It was a good day. While exhausting, it was a step in the right direction. At least I got out there and auditioned. It might not have been the best auditions, but I did it. I'll work on quality of the auditions for the next round. Right now I'm very content in knowing that I budgeted my time wisely and made it to every obligation.

And so the hunt for the next acting gig continues...