I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been dancing since I was seven, but I never really developed a regimen until I was on Broadway and responsible for a professional performance every night.
I am dancing all the time. Every gesture, the body line of every pose, the way I get from place to place, the movement in the acting - none of it would be the way it is if I weren't a dancer.
Usually I perform with dancers.
I grew up dancing, and for a while in college, I was a gym rat. I finally realized... I'm going to create a little more balance in my life and make exercise something that I enjoy doing. So I went back to dance when I started doing more musical theatre, and I've just found that it's the best thing that works for my body.
I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform.
Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically.
My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.
Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run up a hill. You don't even have to go to a gym.
People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it.
I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself.