1. You’d rather be a tree than not be in the show…
2. Your Throwback Thursdays are almost always backstage pictures.
3. You still watch performance DVDs from years past (just not the parts you’re in…)
4. Finding old programs can trigger hours of nostalgia…
5. A week without rehearsal feels strange…
6. You start thinking about Nutcracker…in July.
7. The last performance of the show gives you that Cinderella-at-midnight feeling…
8. Post-performance blues are real…
9. When one show’s done, you’re counting down to the next…
10. Because nothing beats performance high…
Rachel Hellwig is a dance writer/editor/blogger from Birmingham, Alabama. She enjoys taking ballet classes, reading about dance, and attending live performances of ballet and classical music. She blogs at Clara’s Coffee Break. Read Rachel’s posts.