Recently it’s been troubling me that I don’t dance as much as I used to, nor do I really feel like dancing at all. Right now, I think it relates to the fact that I work full-time as an online project manager, then go home and work on my small business – D2MG. In running my own business I am the sole general manager, operations manager, financial officer, event manager, business development manager, sales and marketing manager and website manager. Phew. So after 10-15 hours of working each day, mostly including weekends, there’s little left for me to do but sleep. Oh and the clubs here really suck so that’s a dead-end.

So I get how many dancers before me have stopped completely and focused on other things as they matured and took on more responsibilities. I just refuse to ever let myself get to the point where I stop dancing; even if it’s just me in my room for 10 minutes.

My longing for New York doesn’t help my situation. The culture is just so much more vibrant there, the passion is more evident and shared, the talent is world-class and opportunities to learn are endless. So being halfway across the world, we’ll have to rely on local sources, online sources and once in a while get a glimpse of international level dancers… I hope to contribute to the improvement of all these sources in some way, shape and form. I think we need to jam more too.

Trina