Hi DDNers. I realized that I kind of left you hanging with my previous post. I showed the piece (more of an installation since there is no movement) completely nude along with 20 other dancers (male and female) for an audience of 4. It was not accepted to be performed at the university and was performed at an alternative site. However, the alternative site was too close to an elementary school and, thus, the show was censored. I performed the piece in a bra and underwear the second time.

I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone here, but I'm getting divorced for reasons other than those stated in the previous post. Also, just for the record, this show happened after my husband and I separated and, as far as he knows, the piece was never performed.

As one door closes another opens - opportunity and a new beginning - seize the moment and don't look back - wow ! this could be the break you want and need - good luck and keep dancing - free spirit - with or without clothes - who cares !

get_over_it wrote:



I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone here, but I'm getting divorced for reasons other than those stated in the previous post.

I'm so sorry. I know this is most likely the best thing, and I'm sure a year from now your will look back and be so at peace with your life, you won't be sorry at all, but today I offer my deepest sympathies on the death of something you once hoped would be forever.

Hugs.

xoxo

Keep On Dancing*

Perhaps a divorce is the best thing here. Not sure about all the background here. I hate to see anybody getting a divorce. As a fellow dancer, personally I could care less if you chose to perform nude. I mean, who cares? Heck, we rehearse in skimpy outfits anyway. My wife of 15 years never did get over the fact that I danced with a female partner in a burlesque show. Male & Female acts were popular during my time and I have no regrets. I just could never understand her insecurities when she found this out. Girls though are really threatened by past loves and I did everything I could to alleviate her fears but in the end it did me no good. In retrospect there may have been more here than I really knew. You are a dancer and this is what we love. If you really wanted to do this performance then what the heck. Nobody will remember your face at the local grocery store. Nobody has ever told me "I remember you on Burlesque USA". It was a great dance gig with great choreography and I am still very proud of it.

Get Over it. You are a dancer period! I personally would have been proud of you that you stuck to your passion and went through with it. Nudity is everywhere in dance and this is just a fact. Some dancers seem to want to think they are somehow better than having to perform nude or semi nude. BS! Go to any Las Vegas casino and you will find literally tons of females and males who audition for parts with full knowledge that they will have to perform in a g-string. Again, WHO CARES! I separated myself from the nudity and detached it. If the part called for me to show my posterior then whatever. That sort of stuff is everywhere now. Good on you for getting it out of your system early. Hopefully you got the divorce early and you both can move on now. Dancers are indeed a strange breed but we gravitate to one another. My ex-girlfriend was a former Rockette who ended up at the tropican topless. She and I still get along great and we just laugh at all that sort of stuff.