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Old 05-20-2007, 06:00 PM   #12
Ainsley
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I agree with everyone's suggestion to split the site into a professional one and a personal one -- it's pretty clear to me which pages are supposed to be which based on whether you're using the first or third person in your writing. I also agree that a simpler font style would be better for the menu buttons, which are hard to read between the fancy font and the drop-shadow.

The photo on the front page is very watercolour-y and artistic, but, since it's the first impression your potential clients will have of what you look like, perhaps a clearer, high-resolution photograph would be better? Also, the "The man driven..." quotation is patchy and tough to see on my screen.

The flashing cursor trail is very distracting, and it gets 'stuck' in places (i.e. one flashing light will stick at the edge of one frame when I move to the other). I don't think it adds anything to the site.

I think your bio and bookings pages read very well, not over the top at all! The only thing I might suggest is to omit the reference to your performances being "G-rated," only because it puts the idea in people's minds that some BD performances might be R- or X-rated and that you have to distinguish yourself from those dancers. I think saying your shows are fun for the whole family, as you also do, is enough. Just a minor point, but I always worry that in our zeal to refute sexual stereotypes about the dance we sometimes introduce the idea where it hadn't even occurred to someone before.

Hope some of that helps!
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