Dancer Reasons For Not Going on Stage
Club_Goer_Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Sunday, March 30, 2014 11:02 AM
Shadowcat's recent thread, "Dancer reasons for not doing FS," made me think of this occurrence: I was in my local club this week, when a fave from a few years ago suddenly returned to dancing after a three-year absence. When I told her that I was looking forward to seeing her on stage, she explained that she's not going on stage this time around. She has another job now, and is fearful of someone from that job coming into the club and seeing her on stage. She feels she can "hide," or at least be less conspicuous, by staying off stage. I thought there might be some merit to that explanation if she worked Friday and Saturday nights, but this was Wednesday afternoon, when there are only a handful of customers and dancers in the club then. She'd be easy to spot even when she wasn't on stage.
A couple of years ago, another dancer I knew, briefly, did the same thing. Her excuse was that she was the recipient of a full athletic scholarship at a local college; she felt that being spotted on stage would jeopardize her scholarship. (This girl is a 6'0" tall basketball player. Pretty easy to spot her anywhere in the club, at any time. However, she did work nights.)
Maybe they both thought if they saw someone they needed to avoid, they could quickly escape to the dressing room as opposed to being stuck on stage, with nowhere to hide. Any other lame excuses out there?
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