When I started writing Life of a Freelance Dancer, I knew that I wanted to place my writing in the simpler, old-school format that blogs used to be in when I first started reading them over a decade ago. I like the simplicity of having a continuous stream of thought flowing from page to page without the distractions of a home page that looks more like a website than a web log. While I am still quite happy with the format that I have chosen to write in, I do understand the lack of accessibility can make it difficult to look back and see what blog topics have already been written. Keeping this in mind, I want to help my newer readers out and refresh my dedicated readers memories by offering this list of all of my previous posts. Enjoy!
1. What is it like to work as a freelancer?
2. How do I get work?
3. Dancing in the Last Frontier
4. Adjusting to new environments...fast!
5. Returning to my roots in Providence
6. Preparing for "limited" rehearsal gigs
7. Living with a host family
8. Dancing out of your comfort zone
9. How to pack for short-term & long-term gigs
10. The #1 question people ask
11. Picking the right pic
12. Choosing your home base
13. Summer Slow-down
14. Breaking out of my niche
15. Guest blogger - Boston Ballet Principal Lia Cirio - World Ballet Competition Gala
16. Freelancing isn't all glory
17. Working with what you have
18. A home-base experience - Dance Fusion
19. Guest blogger - Multidisciplinary Miami-based freelancer Priscilla Marrero - "Miami Light Project" experience
20. Continuing to better your technique in open class or on your own
21. How to negotiate a contract
22. Freelancer doesn't mean free
23. Freelancing her way to a company contract - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Casey Taylor
24. Experience Post - "Works & Process" @ the Guggenheim - Avi Scher & Dancers
25. Why Nutcracker season is so important
26. Things I've learned freelancing thus far
27. Meet your link to getting hired - Lauren Menger
28. The importance of your freelancing friends
29. How to find and obtain health insurance
30. The importance of taking breaks
31. Ashlee Dupre - NY-based Musical Theatre freelance artist
32. Exciting news from Life of a Freelance Dancer
33. How to make your own performance reel
34. Making it work - My hurricane Sandy rehearsal experience
35. CONTACT: A networking event connecting freelance dancers
36. How to cope with the holidays away from home
37. Surviving Nutcracker - Act like a professional, think like a student
38. In the spirit of the holidays - Part 1 (8 wild moments)
39. In the spirit of the holidays - Part 2 (12 of my favorite moments)
40. Happy New Year - Retreat yourself
41. My failure in designing my own website
42. Please vote for "Life of a Freelance Dancer" to be top blog (No Longer Active)
43. Freelancing while in a relationship
44. My go-to warm up
45. Dos and Don'ts of freelancing
46. LOFD exceeds 10,000 views
47. Take advantage of opportunities
48. Video Break - Performing as Cassio in "Othello" w/Alaska Dance Theatre
49. The mental game of freelancing
50. Staying in the loop
51. Doing your taxes as an independent contractor
52. The fine line between submissive and aggressive
53. The best advice I've gotten (Life of a Freelance Dancer turns 1 year old)
54. Video Break - Performing "The Nutcracker" grand pas de deux
55. Returning to Providence
56. Have I been forgotten?
57. Social-media whore vs. savvy
58. Get in CONTACT with your community - 6/25/13
59. Emotional health - Cultivating things you enjoy
60. New York calling
61. The overwhelming feeling that I ALWAYS need to be in shape
62. Clearing up the fear of going to classy events
63. CONTACT (2nd edition) - In case you missed it
64. Memorable moments
65. Dancers and decisions in their dancing
66. The main pitfall of a freelance dancer
67. The art of continually reinventing yourself
68. Why artists are expected to have little self-value?
69. What I learned during my week off social media
70. The rules of taking open class
71. Sometimes I write articles for website design companies
72. Why 30 is a frightening age for most dancers
73. Freelancing is rarely forever
74. Finding your comforts in a hotel
75. Is it ever appropriate to burn a bridge?
76. In the spirit of the holidays - 2013 edition
77. Check out my article in Dance/USA - Freelancing and Nutcracker season
78. The 12 shows of Nutcracker
79. The Principal problem
80. LOFD makes Dance Magazine
81. HIRE ME!!! - Desperation vs. Patience
82. The glory and challenge of young success
83. LOFD listed among 49 creatives geniuses
84. Emotional training in ballet
85. Contract talk - Important items to have In writing
86. The replacement dancer
87. Falling ill as a dancer - Taking care of yourself
88. It's a Freelance Life video
89. Dancing in fear
90. The reinforcement gig
91. Travel post - Extending your trip following a gig
92. The frightful first day of work
93. Performing for no reviews
94. How to approach issues appropriately
95. Being the significant other of a freelance dancer
96. The, sometimes, life of a choreographer
97. Injuries: How to handle injury & preventable factors
98. Healthy competition - From student to freelancer
99. Create your own blog
100. 100th post - 100 things that inspire me
101. A freelance dancer's summer dream - National Choreographers Initiative
102. Should artists be shamed into taking "normal" jobs?
103. Stress-free travel tips from an "Economy" jet-setter
104. How to survive burn-out
105. Video Break - My new choreography reel
106. Why post so openly on social media
107. The rules of company class
108. Using independent contracting as a trial for full-time employment
109. How failure and risk helps me succeed
110. Reacclimating to home after being away
111. Why blog when it brings me no income?
112. Dance Informa magazine interview - Dancing multiple Nutcracker gigs
113. Using teaching to supplement your salary
114. 12 reasons dance is my religion
115. My 2014 highlights - Best in a year of a gypsy dancer
116. How much should I get paid?
117. Video break - My choreography - Pas de deux from Distinct Perceptions
118. Five qualities every "dancer-preneur" needs
119. Is it ever appropriate to sue a company
120. So you think you can freelance?
121. The art of self-promotion on social media
122. MRI talk - What is it like to have an MRI?
123. 8 ways to renew your inspiration
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