So I was thinking the other day about why I dance. Some people dance because they think they're good, or because it's an interesting hobby, or even because their friends dance, and they treat it as social time. For me, none of those reasons even remotely apply. In fact, sometimes it bothers me; the way everyone seems to treat dance as a mere hobby, or nothing important.
I dance because of the way it makes me feel. I feel like I'm flying. Like I'm a fish in the water. Like I'm in my element. When I dance, everything wrong seems to vanish. All that exists is me, the music, and the beats. It just feels right. I can't explain it.
It really doesn't matter to me what kind of dance it is, either. It doesn't matter if I'm sweating to the beats in hip hop class, pounding it out in tap shoes, or floating on my toes in ballet. Bob Fosse style jazz is one of my favorites though. I love getting into character and twisting myself into all the odd little pigeon toed stances.
I can't explain why or how dance has this effect on me. All I know is that it will always be a part of my life. I will always dance. I will always love it. And nothing will ever take me away from it. Nothing can. Never. Ever.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
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