IS THE SACRIFCE WORTH IT TO BE A DANCER?

As dancers in the making you all sacrifice to learn and be wonderful at our craft. However I can tell you that the sacrifices are more than worth it! When Sasha and i were training we missed out on many things when making the choice that we wanted to be truly great at what we was doing... but what we got in return was far greater (than attending a few birthday parties for example.)

Our careers have taken us all over the world. We have done things that some people will never do in their entire lifetime... and we owe it all to dance and the instructors who taught us dedication and hard work.

(keep in mind this list is not of the places we have been to,.. for that it's easier to say where we have not been.. but rather a list of some of the great experiences we have had thanks to working hard when we were younger.)

Some of the great experiences we have had are:

-Ate a Belgian Waffle in Brussels Belgium
-Seen the Famous Seven Sacred Falls Hawaii
-Been to a louwou in Hawaii
-Been under water (in the ocean) in a submarine
-Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower
-Been at the Pearl Harbour Memorial
-Para Sailed in Acapulco
-Seen the Berlin Wall
-Been to a concentration Camp in Pol land
-Seen the Viking Museum in Norway
-Climbed on a glacier
-Watched blown glass be made
-Seen killer whales in the wild
-Hiked up an Alaskan mountain
-Swam with Dolphins
-Been to the Louvre and seen the Mona Lisa
-Seen Napoleons Tomb
-Been to the oldest Amusement park in History "Tivoli" in Denmark
-Danced outside the Moulin Rouge
-Seen Alvin Aliey 3rd row orchestra in St Petersburg Russia
-Watched the Kirov perform live in St Petersburg Russia
-Seen and been in the church of Spilled Blood Russia, Notre Dame de Paris, and St Isaac (the 3rd largest church in the world)
-Explored the Hermitage Museum-the Royal Winter Palace that is now the 2nd largest museum in the world
-Road horses up and Zip lined down a mountain in Costa Rica
-Walked under and over the Natural Bridge in Aruba
-Stood on the stage of the Russian Music Hall
-Been inside a bat cave!
-Attended the famous Fantasy Fest in Key West Florida
-Attended Mardi Gras in new Orleans
-Climbed a palm tree in Jamaica
-Stood at check point Charlie
-Walked on the beaches of Normandy
-Explored the Summer palace of Peter the great-(Peterghoff) famous for it's fountain cascade
-Saw the tombs of the entire Romanov family
-Raced a sail boat in st Martin
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND DONE...

These are just some of the things my husband and I got to experience due to our careers and travels as dancers. These amazing experiences Sasha and I would not have had without putting forth our best effort and making sacrifices to dedicate ourselves to learning dance. Is the sacrifice worth it? YES a thousand times over!