Daily Excerpt Post: Day Three

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Standing beside the mirrored wall, it was only Jan who was left to fend for herself.

Her solitude lashed out at the dancers; Jan could never keep quiet. If her mouth was not moving, then her hands were clapping. If her hands were not clapping, then she paced back and forth, allowing her heavy footfalls to mock the airy treads of her dancers. If she did not pace, her eyes screamed. They followed each dancer through repetitions of each sequence over and over again until something burst inside of them.

“Enough.” Rehearsal had lasted for only an hour and forty-five minutes. Despite the daily schedule of two and a half hour slots, it always became second nature to know when progress was impossible. Some days you completed the choreography, some days you did not. The dance company blamed Jan. Jan blamed the dancers. The dancers did not care.