This first song that I have chosen is New York State of Mind by Billy Joel.
As cliche as it is to have a song directly about New York, it describes me and where I have grown up. I was born in Manhattan and my dad has worked in New York City in Midtown on 42nd street between 2nd and 3rd ave. for 20 years now. I now live just about 30-45 minutes outside of the city depending on traffic. I have grown up being a fan of every single sports team that plays for New York. I am in a New York State of Mind and plan on moving into an apartment in the city after college. Whether I am taking the train with my friends to go shopping or just taking the train to go take dance classes the city is my home. I have had numerous dance competitions in NYC and many memorable family dinners also.
The next song I have chosen is Till The World Ends by Britney Spears.
I have been the biggest Britney Spears fan for as long as I can remember. My parents still have videos of me singing and dancing along to our recorded VCR video of one of Britney's concerts. Whipping my hair and practically eating the microphone, I liked to think I actually was Britney. This song is about dancing till the world ends and that is basically what I do every single day of my life. I've trained about 30 hours a week for dance since I was about 5 years old. To finally end my senior year, my dance studio did a huge production number to a Britney Spears mega-mix. What more could I ask for? The closing song to our dance was Till The World Ends and it clearly expressed my and all of my team's intentions of literally dancing till the world ends. I miss dancing more than anything in the world right now and hope to find some dance outlet here at IU. I always live in the moment and when I am on stage performing with my team it is a feeling like no other. Not to mention the indescribable feelings we all have when we receive the standing ovation from the judges and the entire audience. It is truly magical.
The next song that I have chosen is Right Now by Rihanna (ft. David Guetta).
As I just described about how I completely live in the moment when I am on stage performing, I also live in the moment with my decisions. I have been in many difficult situations regarding my dancing and going away to sleep away camp. There have been some days when I was at camp and wanted to come home immediately because I felt like I was missing out on the opportunities at my dance studio, but then there are other days where I have been at dance, completely hating my psychotic teachers, where I wanted to get as far away as I can, pretty much all the way to my sleep away camp in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. This just describes half of how I am but I also am a very big planner. I always plan my weeks and write down every single thing that I am going to do over the course of the week down to the actual time and travel time in between.
The next song that I have chosen is Perfection by Clint Mansell - Black Swan Soundtrack.
Darren Aronofsky did a brilliant job with this movie. He showed the world exactly how cut throat and psychotic the dance world is especially when it comes to prestigious ballet companies. This movie is based on the production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake where the principal ballerina has to portray both roles of the white swan and the black swan. Natalie Portman plays Nina the perfect white swan, but not so perfect black swan. Nina strives for perfection in both roles, which is how I am in all aspects of my life. I am a perfectionist and things always have to be perfect and in order or feel completely lost. The 2 different roles of the white swan and the black swan also relate to me because I am a Gemini and I have two different personalities.
The final song I have chosen is Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin.
This song represents my new journey here at IU and also ties together my other 4 songs. It describes how these next four years will be my "Stairway To Heaven" which is my ideal world of living in NYC, dancing, living in the moment, and working my butt off until I reach perfection no matter what it takes to get there. This song has also been my stairway to heaven since the moment my dad played this song for me when I was probably still in the womb. I have grown up listening to this song just about everyday on my dads playlist of about 20 of his favorite classic rock songs that I know just about every word to. This song has great meaning in my life and will forever.
That's really cool that you used to live in NYC! I used to live in New Jersey for 2 years and we went to NYC every weekend! i'm curious though, what does your dad do? you mentioned that he works on 42nd street, is he a performer? I also loved the music selections that you chose to describe yourself! can't wait to get to know you better over the next 2 weeks!
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