I have been tap dancing since I was three years old and my mother (thank you mom!) started me on watching Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and of course James Cagney. The more I watched the more I was hooked and wanted to be that care free and enjoy life and dancing. I could escape to a world like that in every movie and it was great. With our dance recitals each year I try to emulate that on stage. Musicals are a significant part of my upbringing and life. I have learned a lot from dancing techniques to even historical information that to this day my husband questions "how did you know that?" and I say, because I have seen whatever movie and start singing the songs! (For example I had to explain to him the Harvey Girls and about the Rail Road because we stopped by an outpost on our Route 66 trip) There are so many great musicals that I can watch over and over. I would have to say though, family tradition is watching Yankee Doodle Dandy every July 4th and trying to tap down the white house stairs in our living room. Cheers to Musicals everyone and thank you for putting this on!
I have been tap dancing since I was three years old and my mother (thank you mom!) started me on watching Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and of course James Cagney. The more I watched the more I was hooked and wanted to be that care free and enjoy life and dancing. I could escape to a world like that in every movie and it was great. With our dance recitals each year I try to emulate that on stage. Musicals are a significant part of my upbringing and life. I have learned a lot from dancing techniques to even historical information that to this day my husband questions "how did you know that?" and I say, because I have seen whatever movie and start singing the songs! (For example I had to explain to him the Harvey Girls and about the Rail Road because we stopped by an outpost on our Route 66 trip) There are so many great musicals that I can watch over and over. I would have to say though, family tradition is watching Yankee Doodle Dandy every July 4th and trying to tap down the white house stairs in our living room. Cheers to Musicals everyone and thank you for putting this on!