Anastasia.irishdance

Okay irish dance Tumblr is basically dead so I feel comfortable posting this. Lauren Early's post about how if you aren't stronger in your legs and core after quarantine it's not the fault of the restrictions on classes but "the restrictions you place on yourself" was so out of touch and is such a load of BS. I was still a student and I was more stressed than I had ever been, so no I don't make dance my number one priority. But I worked my ass off in class and improved in other ways (my stamina has gotten much better). Not everyone has the space for a home studio, like I am lucky enough to have. But I can only use that space at night after my dad finishes the work day, and I'm sure many people have similar situations. I voiced my thoughts about what she said in a comment on the Instagram post. It was deleted in less than 5 minutes. So I reposted it. I was blocked. I hope lost all respect for her and her team after this. Surrounding yourself with people who agree with you doesn't make you right

2019 was an unbelievable year for me. After having my hard shoe dances stuck in novice for many years, I finally got those last firsts to be all prizewinner. I won my prizewinner slip jig three times and prizewinner hornpipe twice, which under my region’s rules technically qualifies me for prelims. I also got consistent 2nds and 3rds in my reel and trad set. After years of being upset with poor results and not knowing where I was going wrong, I didn’t expect to ever reach this point. So I don’t know what to expect from 2020...honestly, I’m really hoping it’ll be even better and I can show my teacher I’m ready to move to prelims. But I’m also kind of worried that this whole year has been a big fluke and I’m still just that loser who is embarrassed at how long I’ve been stuck in novice. But either way, I’ve had an exciting and very uplifting year!

Love the look!

This is so awesome!