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Run the Show

"One minute left until my time to shine," I whisper under my breath. I run over my number in my head once more. Then, the music stops from the previous act and the light dims. It's time to take the stage. I enter, feeling my pulse beat a mile a minute. I remember what my dance teacher said to me a few minutes earlier. "Shine, Katie. Dance like no one is watching." Three, two, one... Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man" fills the entire theater. I start dancing, letting the music absorb into my every cell. I let it take me into my own personal bubble, concentrating on the next step. I can feel the energy reverberating through me, and all the eyes in the audience are staring intently at me. Soon, all thoughts of practicing in my dance studio flooded my mind. I remembered practicing night and day to nail my routine and make my three minutes the best I could possibly make it. Dancing is a huge commitment and once you start, it has to become your second life. Dancing isn’t only fun, but highly competitive. In my regular jazz, tap, and ballet classes, you have to fight for the best spot, and be known as the best class dancer. But when you’re up on the stage by yourself, knowing you have no competition, you feel beautiful and graceful, dancing your best, expressing all the emotions you feel and letting them go free. I zap out of my trance and concentrate on the scene before me, and take it in with delightment and joy. Half of the song is over, and I have the crowd. Their applauding for me already. I hope I receive a standing ovation. I come across my hardest step, the one I have been practicing for three months. I take a deep breath, and let my feet wotk their magic. Wow! I actually nailed it with precision and fluency. I come to the bridge of the song, my absolute favorite part. I dance my heart out, showing the crowd my best I have to offer. It is coming to the end. As I complete my last steps, I realize that I have succeeded and accomplished my goal: what it feels like to be on top of the world. Just as I had hoped for, I received a standing ovation. I feel a sense of pride and accomplishment, and exuberant joy Dancing is my passion, and I realize that there are a million better then I, but just knowing that I have a special gift like this feels the same as opening a present every day. Dancing is a part of me, and I would be the same person I am today without it.