Comments on: What’s in a Stage Name? http://carraranour.com/2010/02/whats-in-a-stage-name/ Belly Dancer for Weddings and Events in Orlando Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: carrara http://carraranour.com/2010/02/whats-in-a-stage-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 carrara Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:19:50 +0000 http://carraranour.com/?p=570#comment-1521 This is kind of how I feel. My line of work is marketing, and you just never know what your colleagues will think. When I was a project coordinator for a high-end home construction/design firm, my co-workers were completely impressed with my extracurricular interests. When I moved on to my last job, advertising sales for a huge corporate media conglomerate, people inevitably found out about my dancing. Not everybody was so appreciative. I'm playing with variations on Lisa, but none of them quite look cool enough to be a viable stage name. Lisa Carrara DOES sound Italian, which isn't such a bad thing in the Northeast, with such a huge Italian population. This is kind of how I feel. My line of work is marketing, and you just never know what your colleagues will think. When I was a project coordinator for a high-end home construction/design firm, my co-workers were completely impressed with my extracurricular interests. When I moved on to my last job, advertising sales for a huge corporate media conglomerate, people inevitably found out about my dancing. Not everybody was so appreciative.

I’m playing with variations on Lisa, but none of them quite look cool enough to be a viable stage name. Lisa Carrara DOES sound Italian, which isn’t such a bad thing in the Northeast, with such a huge Italian population.

]]> By: Aleksie http://carraranour.com/2010/02/whats-in-a-stage-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1520 Aleksie Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:04:56 +0000 http://carraranour.com/?p=570#comment-1520 Because I do discuss my non-dance activities, I use a dance name. Since my field doesn't have a lot of women, I figure I'd better be safe than sorry. When I initially wanted a dance name, I was going to use Anisa Meera. It just never clicked. I think I used it for one performance before I went by my real name. Then I decided having a dance name was smart but wanted something close to my real name. Hence Aleksie. The spelling I thought just looked good. Lisa Carrara sounds Italian. I don't know if that affects your decision but just saying. Because I do discuss my non-dance activities, I use a dance name. Since my field doesn’t have a lot of women, I figure I’d better be safe than sorry. When I initially wanted a dance name, I was going to use Anisa Meera. It just never clicked. I think I used it for one performance before I went by my real name. Then I decided having a dance name was smart but wanted something close to my real name. Hence Aleksie. The spelling I thought just looked good.

Lisa Carrara sounds Italian. I don’t know if that affects your decision but just saying.

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