Author Archives: Luke Willis
Luke Willis
My Christmas Wish List
Around 9:30 a.m. one morning, the doorbell rang at my mother’s home in Florida. My brother tossed in his bed, perturbed by the disturbance and when the doorbell rang for the second time he rolled over and firmly pressed an extra pillow to his ear and returned to his slumber without any curiosity as to [...]
Guess which roles I didn’t dance this year?
This year I danced seven roles in Nutcracker. Talk about keeping a show fresh and new! I was daily remembering which steps I was supposed to do depending on which day of the week it was. Come to think of it, I had one role for every day of the week. It’s probably easier to guess which ones I [...]
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Keeping It Real
During my first season with SFB, most of my dancing opportunities were one shot deals and I had only one chance to get it right. But this season is different; I was scheduled to dance six of the seven shows of Ibsen’s House for Program 2. Finally rid of the stress of only having one [...]
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What to Wear When You’re in “Hell”