English 1311 All About Me!

January 20Th 2009 9:08 a.m. My name is Gilbert Aguilar, full time student at the University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP for short. So this is my first blog ever written and i guess it has to be written about me. well in that case, my full name is Gilberto Alonso Aguilar Garcia de Lara, as seen on my birth certificate, very Hispanic. I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas but lived and visited all ends of the country in my most recent years. I'm newly 19 but live like i am 25. I've lived alone since i was 15 and just recently got a roommate, who by the way is not dirty nor annoying nor cheap, so we get along just fine. I'm a dance major here at UTEP so you might guess that my interests might include dancing. Ive been doing ballroom for about 8 years now, salsa being my forte = D. Ive now done more traditional dance styles like ballet, contemporary, jazz, and hip hop for about 3 years now and having a lot of fun just expanding my horizons. i shoot to be a strong versatile dancer learning everything i possibly can and being good at it. note: i don't want to be the best at anything because that's not what it means to be a dancer, the strongest dancers are the most versatile and quickly most dancers will learn that, example, try and get a ballet dancer to do bollywood or hip hop, quite a site to see haha. i also party a lot but not for the reasons most people have like to go out and have a good time and meet people or hook up, i go out to clubs and dance bars to "perform" and be seen by potential choreographers, directors, and dance coordinators and agents that might higher me as dancer in their company or show. you'd be surprised how many jobs I've gotten like that. my main goal with all of this show stuff though is to make it to Cirque Du Soleil. for those who don't know what Cirque Du Soleil is its is, it is the largest professional circus group in the world that has received world recognition for its inspiring shows that are a mixture of stage art and circus acrobatics that normally follow a theme that is considered unusual but highly original. working with Cirque Du Soleil is definitely not an easy task. you usually have to be invited to audition at their show which means you have to be a recognized entity in the dance/theatre community, and even after the first set of auditions you have the second set of auditions to overcome before you have to go to a 2 yr long workshop camp in France where you are taught acrobatics, foreign dance styles (i.e. bollywood, Celtic river dancing, African theme, etc...) and of course circus art and performance before your ever allowed to perform in one of his shows. being invited to this workshop means more than performing for Cirque Du Soleil but it also means becoming a world recognized performer that will definitely have a contract or teaching gig in any well known establishment around the world. yup, that's the dream. well that's seems to be enough or now. until next time ^_^ (BTW, that's my favorite smiley)