So I knew I was getting old. My body is not as resilient as it used to be as became blatantly apparent during my last pregnancy which was way more tiring and uncomfortable than the first 5 years ago. I’ve also been seeing a lot of people of TV who are just a few years older than I am that I’ve always viewed as much older than myself. I guess I still see myself as part of the college-aged, Real World age group. It wasn’t until yesterday though that I realized how “old” I really am, I guess not so much how old I am but how I’m ACTUALLY an full-fledged adult now.
While teaching my advanced ballet class which is made up of mostly teenagers, I used the soundtrack from the movie Center Stage to help boost the energy on a Friday morning. Center Stage came out when I was in High School and is one of the most well-known and loved ballet/dance movies ever. I asked the kids after 4 or 5 songs if they had figured out where the music was from. A few responded with “I recognize it but I can’t put my finger on what it’s from” so when we were done I showed them what it was and expecting them to get all excited and say “oh, yeah!” Instead I got blank stares then one girl said dryly “I’ve never seen it.” And the rest admitted the same. WHAT?!?!?!?!
Center Stage is a supremely important dance movie, up there with Dirty Dancing and Fame. How could these kids have NEVER seen it? Yep, you guessed it, I’m old. I think I’m going to talk to the director about starting a once monthly movie night with the older girls where they could experience such amazing movies so I went to my DVD cabinet to see what other treasures I had that I’d forgotten about. Turns out my copy of Center Stage is on VHS. I guess I really am old.
