The Procrastination Has Come To An End

That's right, today's the day. What day you may ask...well it's simple. Today's the day I finally decided to start a blog. I've been thinking of starting a blog for some time now and I thought why not now. That's right, my procrastination has finally come to an end. I also figured that now would be a good time since I find myself with a bit of free time, strong opinions, and have once again found the need to write. In these writings, I  hope to share some words of wisdom, humour, inspiration and maybe even learn something about myself.
And how about that title...enticing isn't it. Truth be told, I will not be confessing that which is personal, but rather share with all of you what it's like to be a dancer who is still dancing well in to his late forties...with fifty right around the corner. Now many of you may think "I know dancers in the city who are older than Stephen Findlay." ( Forty nine with fifty in the not so distant future.) Well...I don't. I mean not really. I guess I use Stelio Calagias's definition of what a dancer is, and that's a dancer who continually trains at his craft, an opinion of which I'm in total agreement. That's right, at forty nine years of age, as well as teaching my own classes, I still train as much as my time will allow. I still kick, jump, turn, and can even still land my double tours.
 (Now please don't get me wrong...I know many wonderful musical theatre artists who are brilliant and can in fact dance pretty well, but they are not really dancers first. I am first and foremost a dancer.)

 Like many of my generation, I started out as a tap dancer, then started jazz a few years later, and shortly after that, ballet. For me, ballet was always something I was made to do. As a young dancer I viewed ballet as a neccessary evil that would help me become a better jazz dancer. Thankfully that all changed when I was seventeen years old and started training at a professional ballet school. From that moment on, life for me as a dancer changed dramatically. Thank you Edmonton School of Ballet! Without the training I received there, I would not have become the dancer that I am today...some thirty two years later. It's been quite a ride and am thankful for all of it, good and bad.

So I guess that after thirty years of working in the business, I feel I have a lot to share. I really do not wish to use this as a forum for negativity. I mean really...that's a complete waste of time. Not that I don't have negative thoughts or feelings at times, (I mean we're all human right.) I just would rather use this forum as a place for positivity and growth. Let's see what happens shall we.
 So there it is...my first blog entry. There will be more to come very shortly.

Cheers everyone!