Give me a B E A T (Open)

[katielaurafalcon]

Look to the left, Look to the right, Raise arms, Body Roll, Spin. The beginning to the new routine Katie was trying to come up with. It was getting harder to think of routines that didn’t involve her brother but she wanted this one to be perfect. She was going to be doing a performance on her own and for the moment she was having an artist block. She couldn’t think of the next step to her routine. Oh how she wished she could just go back to something simple like Tango or Ballroom. Hip-hop came so much easier to Alexander than it came to Katie and it was frustrating. Sometimes she would incorporate Moves from tango into her routines but things worked so much better when Katie had a partner.

Katie sighed and turned off the music as she grabbed her water bottle and took a quick sip. She knew she had to think of the next few moves soon so she could get close to half of the dance done. Choreographing her own dances wasn’t as easy as it seemed and Katie almost wished her mom as here to show her how to do a move or help her flow better to the beat. Instead of doing what she knew she should have been she changed songs on her iPod and began dancing to a routine her mother had helped her with. It had won her the talent show along with some of the other girls she had danced with. It was a Latin dance that seemed so foreign and beautiful when Katie did it.

It involved a lot of hip work and hand gestures but Katie had them all memorized. The song started off slow at first then picked up pace and Katie moved accordingly. She felt like she had felt before the Accident on Halloween, for once she didn’t have that Hallow feeling inside her chest and she felt weightless... At least until the Music stopped. The dance wasn’t very long, she had to cut a lot of things out to suit the time limit she was given for the talent show and somehow she had managed it, so why couldn’t she just think of the next move in her new routine? Katie sighed and sat down next to her water bottle as the back of her head hit the wall with a quiet thud. She had to do this so why couldn’t she?

[danielle]

<sup>Danielle climbed out of her bed lazily. She hadn’t quite gotten used to these lumpy camp mattresses. She missed her large king bed with it’s egyptian cotton sheet and fluffy down pillows. Awww poor little rich girl. She picked up her brush and pulled her hair into a ponytail. She threw on some clothes and tugged her tennis shoes. Danielle threw a pairs of ballet shoes, leg warmer, and some tape into her dance bag. She had to come up with a new routine to teach these kids and so far, Danielle was fresh out of ideas. She was so distracted with her own personal problems she had completely forgotten her duties as a counselor.

Danielle threw open the cabin door and skipped down the steps. The bright summer sun beat down on her skin. She breathed deeply. It was a beautiful day. Perfect day for inspiration. She headed over to the practice hall. She tried to create a list of songs she could use. But she wasn’t sure whether to use classical or hip hop. She was well trained in both. Danielle sighed and continued her way to the practice hall. Danielle was about to throw open the door when she say a girl dancing. She recognized the girl as one of her students. The girl was good but she seemed troubled and was struggling with what to do next.

Danielle opened the door quietly and stood in the door way. The girl seemed to lack the passion. She heard the music she just didn’t feel it. When the girl began a latin dance, Danielle frowned slightly. The dance was pretty and the girl did it well but it lacked the pure passion and fire of a latin dance. Danielle watched silently as the blonde sat down . She applauded as she walked into the room.

“You‘d turn faster if you bent your knees a little more. Do you need some help?”</sup>

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[katielaurafalcon]

“You‘d turn faster if you bent your knees a little more. Do you need some help?”

Katie turned her head to see who had spoken and she saw one of the councelours there. Some help would be amazing right now. Not only to help out with the dance but to get her life in order, yet Katie knew some things were just too much to ask for. Especially in a place where your Reputation meant everything. Katie nodded her head and gave a half smile.

“Yeah, Help would be amazing right now.”

Honestly there was nothing else she could say. She needed help with the routine. She needed help with her life. She needed help finding her brother. She needed help with a lot of things, but getting the new dance out of the way would help ease her mind.

“I can’t seem to get past the first few moves. I’ve got artists Block I guess.”

Katie said getting up and stretching. She had never actually sat down for more than a few seconds. Usually she was always moving, always doing something. Now a days, she was sitting more often than she should. She needed to find her flair again, find her Passion for the dance. That seemed to dwindle away through her fingers ever since the accident, ever since she started “Acting” for other people. She never had time to be herself and she didn’t have anyone to confide in. She couldn’t even tell her twin brother about it because she didn’t want him to look down on her.

“I have the first few steps down but after that it’s just... Nothing”

She said making the gestures with her hand. Hip-Hop honestly wasn’t on the top ten of Katie’s dances but Alexander was all about it. She was doing this to make him happy, and to make some of her friends happy.

[danielle]

^{Danielle set her stuff down. She watched Katie. Her name is Katie right?}

[/I] she thought to her self. The moves were adequate. Nothing super special. They seemed almost forced. She tried her best to hide her giddiness. She loved showing people the right way to do things. Rather the danielle way. That’s mostly why she took this counselor job. She thought it was her duty to spread the word of Danielle. These people were deprived of her wisdom. And what kind of person would she be if she denied them? What a saint.

“First things is, you need to relax.”[/b] she said as she strolled over to the girl. You‘re not going to come up with a great routine if you‘re seriously stressed.”[/b]

Her dancer instructors had always told her to relax. One can not dance with passion and feeling if one is tied down by stress. Which was why before every performance she would get a mani/pedi, and a deep tissue message. Danielle glanced at the other girl. And she could totally use one.[/I] she thought.

“Ok, so take a deep breath. Exhale slowly and clear your mind.”[/b] Danielle said in a motherly fashion. She strolled toward the cd player and pushed play. The song was alright to say the least. Typical hip hop. Her hips raised up and down in time with the music. Some belly dance moves would go good with it. So would some break dancing. She pressed pause.

“I want you to close your eyes. Listen to the music. Don‘t think about what your going to do next. Or how stupid you‘ll look. Just dance.”[/b] Danielle said wisely. She felt sort of like Yoda. Use the force Luke. Danielle pressed play again.
She hoped that tad bit of advice would help. She wasn’t one to give advice so this girl better be worth it.
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