Hi Charlie, today I'm going to tell you a story of mine xx
Five years old.
My mam asked me if I wanted to experience dancing. I absolutely didn't want to dance, maybe because I hadn't really discovered what dancing was about. To my mind it was more of a shyness issue, I really hated situations in which I was feeling embarrassed, like the new little girl. (I'm sure we all hate being embarrassed, particularly when we blush, like me..). However, one day, my mam decided to bring me to a classical representation and I fell in love from the very first second. I fell in love with the elegance, the fluidity and the lightness of dancing. Falling in love, dancing in love, trowing and passing every single emotion throughout a movement, passing from a banal person to a reincarnation of life. I was impressed to see how people were moving perfectly together, without having one second late on the person next to them.
All moving the same way, yet having different facial expressions.
All wanting to express the same idea, yet having a different story from the others.
All bringing harmony, yet letting people search for each details that dissociate a dancer from another.
Letting the public discover one by one the secrets that every dancer on the stage are hiding.
Letting the public discover how every dancer is trying to find their own way of dancing.
Dancing has always been a way for me to face the problems in life, without screaming, yelling, just by letting my body externalise what he needs to externalise. Letting my body express what he is feeling. Dancing is much more than paying attention to other, it's sharing passing messages with different emotions, showing to the world how you need to be self confident.
"Dancing is not a sport, it's for little girls, fearful little girls". First or fall, dancing has helped my body to build it self since I was 5 years old. Plus, I have boys in my contemporary dancing classes, and they are beautifully build and are able to match elegance with virility and potency of a strong man. *respect* Dancing is an art, a sport, it's proper to every single country and civilisation.
What you have to keep in mind guys is that dancing is inexhaustible. Always keep your passion by your side. I'm sure we all have things in life that we adore!
Have a nice day! Xoxo Erin
I completely understand you when you say that dancing helps you externalise what your body’s feeling, as it’s also very therapeutic to me. Ballet is so beautiful , and what I especially love is the rigour it demands and requires, but also the fluidity and lightness of every gesture, which actually a lot of people (at least, that I know of) don’t like, which is why they aren’t so fond of ballet.
ReplyDeleteHowever, contemporary is so different, as it’s born from this rebellion against the strict codes of ballet, which I also immensely love.
I like to be able to appreciate different styles of dance for what each of them are, their core idea.
And I completely agree with you when you say that dancing is inexhaustible.
Anyway, thank you for your article, and sorry for the long comment ^^’
Mme Crillio gives her approval! ;)
DeleteI love dancing. I started at 5, and it broke my heart when I had to stop in terminale... but it was the right decision, I no longer had to face heartbreak every week when showing up to the Saturday classes, knowing I had missed the Wednesday class. And then I don't know what happened to me, but I couldn't watch dancing, and especially not ballet anymore, and I couldn't erupt in proper dancing to let it all out... Actually, I know why this was - why this is. It's a way of protecting myself, I cannot see others dance without me because it is painful, and if I start dancing I will let it all out, I won't be able to stop, and I will cry because finally
ReplyDeletefinally I am dancing again.
I will dance again one day. I will dance again soon.
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ReplyDeleteI can't say that I am much of a dancer myself but when I do occasionally dance it does feel as if you are letting your emotions out and allowing your body express itself. When writing this post I began to wonder why it was that as a child I never really danced much and then it hit me. The reason I never took up dancing classes was partly due to shyness but manily down to the stigma that 'boys don't dance'. Gender roles are a sensative topic but I am hopeful as things are changing. In the future I wish that people will be free to pursue whatever path they choose with any judgment.
ReplyDeleteYess thank you for posting it, I just moved it so much when you said it for your speech !
ReplyDeleteThe way you talk about dancing is really inspiring and beautiful, we can sense the fact that you love it through your words. So thanks for sharing it, you almost made me want to dance (I'm saying almost because trust me you don't want to actually see me dance)
And I just realised the word I intended to say was loved, not moved... My phone doesn't seem to enjoy the English language very much
DeleteI love the way you talk about your passion, it gives the will to practice. I used to dance outside of school for a long time, even if I didn't always have good times there. But it is true that dancing can help you having more self confidence which is of course essential for your life in general.
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