Dancers are usually the first in a long list of art genres to “lose themselves”. So often we are taught to mimic a choreographer or immolate the feelings of a given piece. We tend to forget who we are and that we have a voice.
Today’s dance note is REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE! Dance is a language and the message inside of you is unique only to you. We are given the gift of dance to express the deeper things in life that words cannot express. And, yes, many of you are busy doling out steps for a buck here and there and it’s all you can do to survive.
Take a few minutes after your warm-up today and speak with your body. Express through movement what words cannot do justice. Free your body to move and speak and create! You are a dancer! DANCE IT OUT!
I'm a dancer and I just want to say that this definitely applies to all dancers. I think especially in the more classical art forms such as ballet, you feel pressure to conform not only in personality but also physically. There is such a pressure to fit into the ballet body type mold and its important to remember that not everyone can achieve that body type in a healthy way. I've struggled with that many times... This was a good reminder :)
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