Before the Show, is probably one of the scariest things that I have gone through. All I can hear is my heart steadily pounding. I feel my cold clammy hands against my tights, and the sudden urge to use the bathroom. It's seriously scary. Once you get backstage there is no going back. I remember sitting there and stretching and hoping that I won't fall. In my opinion falling or messing up isn't the worst thing you can do. Showing that your about to fall or messing up is. Every single one of my ballet and regular dance teachers say the same thing, "if you mess up, fine, but don't show it on your face." I have done it, I would mess up once and think there is no way to redeem myself. But after awhile I realized that what my teachers were saying was all true. The audience is having fun watching us, and watching our faces. Sometimes it's not even our footwork they are looking at. It's our faces. My mother has proven it to me. I'd get out of backstage with smeared makeup on my face and a sour look on my face. But my mother would always tell me, I didn't even notice, and she really didn't. I think back and i remember it being really scary backstage. But then once I'm on stage and it finally hits me, it's one of the best feelings in the world.
Before the Show, is probably one of the scariest things that I have gone through. All I can hear is my heart steadily pounding. I feel my cold clammy hands against my tights, and the sudden urge to use the bathroom. It's seriously scary. Once you get backstage there is no going back. I remember sitting there and stretching and hoping that I won't fall. In my opinion falling or messing up isn't the worst thing you can do. Showing that your about to fall or messing up is. Every single one of my ballet and regular dance teachers say the same thing, "if you mess up, fine, but don't show it on your face." I have done it, I would mess up once and think there is no way to redeem myself. But after awhile I realized that what my teachers were saying was all true. The audience is having fun watching us, and watching our faces. Sometimes it's not even our footwork they are looking at. It's our faces. My mother has proven it to me. I'd get out of backstage with smeared makeup on my face and a sour look on my face. But my mother would always tell me, I didn't even notice, and she really didn't. I think back and i remember it being really scary backstage. But then once I'm on stage and it finally hits me, it's one of the best feelings in the world. 
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