*PrOfEsSiOnAl DaNcEr To Do LiSt*
This is a list from my dance teacher given to me to help me professionally prepare myself for out Nutcracker performance. I would like to share with all of you because it really helped me out. Thanx. Hope you like. After you are finished reading this page of the list please go to the 
section of this list to continue!
>1. TaKe CaRe Of My BoDy
- a. Eat healthy
- b. Get enough sleep and rest
- c. Warm-up before every rehearsal
- d.Treat injuries sensibly
- e. Take ballet class everyday...if none is offered, give myself one
2. DeVeLoPe My RoLe
- a. Practice the individual movements that need technical improvement until they are consistently stronger
- b. Analyze the meaning, motivation or musicality of each step or group of steps
- c. Practice the arms in fromt of a mirror until the line & style of them suits the individual role i am performing
- d. Ask questions of myself about patterns, musicality, specific por de bras....if not sure of the answers ask the choreographer
- e. Research my role by having other dancers perform it, reading about its history and by listening to the music until it is a part of my body
3. DeVeLoPe A classical ballet style
- a. Look at pictures & watch videos of Classical Ballet and study the dancer's style.
- b. Choose a dancer whose style makes me love the way he or she moves and try to put some of that line or style into my dancing
- c. Be a classical ballet dancer
- d. Don't keep taking off the mantel of being a dancer and putting it back on when it's convenient...wear it 24 hours a day. If i believe I am a dancer, I will be a dancer.
