Turn Off Your Cell Phone

Dancers today live by their cell phones. It rings-YOU HAVE A JOB! And, if you don’t answer the phone you know that a producer may skip to the next number on the list. The dance world is so fast moving that our cell phones act as an agent to either put bread on the table or go hungry at night. WE MUST ANSWER OUR PHONES.

Today's note is TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE! There is nothing a director or choreographer hates more than someone’s phone ringing that happy tune just as they have are getting into the zone of a rehearsal or class. As soon as the ringer explodes there is an awkward silence in rehearsal. No one wants to admit that THEIR PHONE IS RINGING. Plan ahead-make necessary calls before you go into class and return calls as soon as possible after each session.

If you make a habit of turning off your phone as you walk into rehearsal you will never experience that looming feeling that at any moment your phone will STOP REHEARSAL.

TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE!