New Year 2020. Last year was filled with the empty promise of more regular blogs, it started smoothly with great intention, mindfulness challenge posts and a letter to myself about audition season. Well, this year, I’m not making any promises but to be authentically me. Whether I post one blog, or a few, I can promise they will be real. I know I have a lot to update people on, 2019 brought a lot of firsts and many cherished moments. Eventually I do hope to update the intern

Alright everyone, it has once again, been forever since my last blog post. I can claim all I want that I'll be back soon but I'm not even going to go there this time. Since my last update, I have moved. This past spring I made the decision that I was going to pursue my dream at a more challenging level feeling stale and stuck in my art form as well as my progression of life still being in MD. After a lot of weighing options and feeling burnt out for much too long, I decide

Hi all, So audition season is back, rearing its ugly head, traumatizing dancer and actors alike. It is a thrilling season, filled with possibility and opportunity but dreaded due to its wicked harsh nature, we have mentally, physically and emotionally prepared ourselves to the best of our ability over many months, literally since the last audition we did, getting ready. Spending hours in the studio, working on new workout regimes, recycling successful moments, meals, tra

Hi there, hoping you had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends! How did day 1 go? Did you recognize how many little things can make a huge difference to someone? Here is my DAY 1 Reflection: I'm hoping you also realized how your state of mind was and how it may have been more meaningful by taking to let little things be gifts. In fact, this world could use a little less spending and a lot more sharing of gifts. I know I get carried away during this time of year. O

Jul 5: I'm back tracking a little on this post. I've been feeling sluggish, slow moving, and just straight up shitty for a while now. About my body. About what I am and am not doing with my life. So on the 3rd of July, I was hanging out with Cathleen who mentioned she was going to be taking Schmid's class in the morning and said why don't you join... and I thought to myself, "Mackenzie, people are suggesting you work out... take the hint." While my super negative mindset

As many of you know, the dance world can be a totally unforgiving world. I've been a dancer since I was four years old. It has been the only thing that has ever made any sense to me. I have always been an athletic person. I played soccer, lacrosse, I was a swimmer and a diver, and a track kid and played plenty of other sports. No matter which sport or activity I was involved with, I could see how dance directly enhanced my skills and ability to play, not to mention 98% o

It has been a while since I have written a blog post. I’m actually currently drafting a couple blog posts, one being food related, I want to begin to share some really delicious but healthy nutritious meals/meal planning. Keep your eyes peeled for food blogs to come, but that is not today’s topic. Today I’m actually writing about the power of underestimation (in general, in oneself, in the power and force of being that you are). As I head into audition season and am in the

So last you read about the chaos that is show week... now you get to read about the incredible and emotional ride we go through in the theater. Starting last Thursday, we made our way to the Kennedy Center at 11am. We had company class in rehearsal room 7, a studio I danced in when I partook in the Kennedy Center Master Class series back in high school. I was young, wide eyed, and honestly, I was terrified and always anxious going into the classes, feeling inadequate... whi

Well, I knew I'd start off this blogging thing with a blaze, then real life and rehearsals and starting a new job (well sorta) all began and here we are, almost two weeks without a new post. And at this moment in time, I'm home after 5 hours of rehearsal, 2 hours of yoga, a shower, the 3rd period of the Capitals game later... knowing if I don't get writing, I'll put it off another day and I have so many things I want to write about... so here goes! IT IS SHOW WEEK! For dan

For someone who has been choreographing for years, I still find myself getting anxious in preparation. When I went into college, I wanted to be a choreographer more than I was set on anything else. I hate to admit this, but throughout my college experience, the work I produced until my senior project got so little help and feedback from faculty that I let myself believe my work wasn't good enough. So I lost all my passion for it and invested back into performance, which ca