Masterclass Dance Company

Staying in your comfort zone is easy. It’s, well, comfortable.  But, is the comfort zone beneficial to your growth as a dancer? Yea! Only if you’re ok with growing in age and not in technique/quality of movement!  T ake it from a girl who LIVED in her comfort zone as a young dancer. I loved my dance studio. I loved my dance instructors. They were home for me. I thrived there because I was comfortable. Or, so I thought. Guest teachers gave me anxiety. Master classes made my stomach turn. I literally hid at conventions, and I rarely took advantage of summer intensives or scholarships offered to me. I was scared! And that fear was only hindering me.  In a sense, I was thriving at my dance studio, but only in my studio's style. I knew how they moved, how their choreography worked, what the combos would be. I was mimicking that one style instead of cultivating my own. (This was my own fault, as my studio provided me with ample opportunity to step out of the

[in- ten -sh uh  n] :  an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.     [ ak- sh uh  n]: the process or state of acting or of being active. You know, there’s something to be said about the combination of intentions and actions. It’s one thing to think it. But to think it AND do it… well, that can open several doors.  Let’s take Allison Fields, for example. The Mesquite, Texas native knew at a young age that she wanted to be a teacher. When other kids wanted to play tag, Allison was the one who wanted to play school. And the older she got, the more specific this goal became. “When I got into high school, I realized that my drill team director had the coolest job,” said Allison, a former Belle at Poteet High School. “She got to dance all day, and I wanted to do that!” Her intention was set. She just needed to put it into action. Allison, who had been dancing since the age of 4, attended Texas Women’s University and earned both