Category: Dance Costumes
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My Red Tango Dress
It seems as if I’ve been working on this tango dress forever. I’ve had a lot of personal distractions and had to put it aside for weeks at a time. When I make costumes, I don’t normally use a pattern, I drape it and make my own pattern. I do adjust the design…
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Bentley and My Tango Dress
My little dog, Bentley, has been sick for a while now. He has something called non-erosive IMPA Which stands for immune mediated polyarthritis. It’s like a form of lupus in dogs. The erosive form of IMPA is similar to rheumatoid arthritis in humans, but he’s got the non-erosive version form of it. He’s had it…
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My 2014 Performances
Last year (2014) my goals for the new year were to increase my dancing and to do more artwork, this post is about my dancing, I’ll write another day about my art and photography. BALLROOM So in January of 2014, I performed in a showcase at the downtown YMCA in Fort Worth. Gina Crisanti teaches…
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Designing My Rumba Dress (2014)
Back in September, I decided that I wanted to perform in the Christmas Showcase at my dance studio, DanceMakers in Fort Worth. I started taking some private lessons with Ryan there sometime in August. We were working on the smooth ballroom dances, Fox Trot and Waltz. We thought about doing a Fox Trot at the…