What is“dance” based on the world?
1. to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or quickly.
3. to bob up and down.
What is “dance” to me?
It isthe movement and rhythm to music and such like said, but that is not where it ends. To me, dance is not just moving to the rhythm of the beat but instead, being the rhythm in the beat. To feel and express all that you have inside of you, speaking it out without even having to use words…
Ever since I was a young folk I have loved to either watch dance or dance myself. Whether it was different types of Spanish dancing, lyrical/contemporary, or hip-hop/pop I have had a connection to the music and my feet from the start. As I got older, I never really understood from where my love for dance came from, well, not for my main type of dancing, lyrical, at least. The only type of dancing my family knew and tried was Spanish dancing, but other than dancing at weddings/ family get-togethers or just being silly at home, they never took dancing any farther than that. Me, on the other hand, dance is some type of way every day. I feel so different, so odd, sometimes because while my siblings are very intelligent, have the ability to learn and comprehend things easily, and all have a skill in drawing (painting, sculptures, etc.) I have difficulties in school and a hard time understanding things, I am not great in drawing, and have a love for being on stage either acting, singing, or dancing while none of them ever have. I use to think something was wrong with me for being so different from them all, but I have come to realize that God has made us all in different ways, for different reasons, and being the different one, in skills and hobbies, in my family is nothing to be ashamed of. I have learned to love my uniqueness.
I have no exact explanation of why I love dance and dancing so much, but I just know it makes me feel so good, so free… When I dance I feel as if I can be anyone or do anything, escape from the world itself and go into my own. It may sound a little cliché but to me it is so true. Throughout the twists and turns in my life, no matter how I am feeling, I can close the door to my room, turn up the volume, and let it all go... And that, is one of my favorite things to do.
To worship; to praise His name… to laugh; to cry out in the night… to lose; to win it all,… I dance and until Forever & Always, I will.
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