Blog Post 3

Since January, I’ve been covering a variety of stories about Greeley dancers. I have been to various performances and talked to people that I would have never met if it weren’t for journalism class. I am a dancer myself, so immediately knew I wanted to cover local dancers. It’s been an adventure thus far, and for these last months of the semester, I will continue to keep up on the dancers and see what makes them so inspiring.

Although I have only written a couple of stories for class, I have been exposed to much more. My first story was a day-in-the-life about a UNC student who is a member of UNC Dance Alliance and I discovered what it’s like to be a full-time student while participating in a program with peers who also love to dance. My most recent story was a profile about an event called Day of Dance. I got to meet many new faces and learn about how much dance means to this community.

I think my main investment has been learning about these dancers through watching them perform and gaining information through what I see, and talking to the dancers while they’re in “performance mode.” Something I need to do is focus more on practice and less on performance. I just wish that I understood before that Greeley dance community is like a small family. There’s competition, but that doesn’t stop the relation between them. I love seeing first hand how each group of dancers are so different, yet so much alike. What I dislike is that there’s so much going on with each one that sometimes attending all the events seems impossible.

My next story is going to be a column. I’m looking forward to attending practices at Dance Factory and the Conservatory, to see what goes on behind the scenes.