I seriously do not recall when i began to move to rhythm. However i now know for sure that a part of me would have always been dead had i not. I am told that i used to dance as early as my first steps, even now if could dance at each step i take wouldn't that be wonderful. Although all parents have some fairly typical exaggerations about their children, but i love to believe this imagery... what it means.
How a dancer makes dance is less relevant than what dance makes dancer. This may be true of all creative expressions and the ways in which the creativity itself manifests itself in those involved.
Someone had said to me very vehemently, 'there are two kinds of people in this world - the ones who can dance and the ones who can not.' I loved the sentiment shared, but i guess there are people who can/do think only of the mundane and the ones who can /do think beyond the everyday stuff. The latter even perceive the mundane differently and that is the gift they have.
While dancing I've felt ecstatic, light, sad, close to tears and so much more that i have not felt otherwise, not in the ways that dance can lead one to. I do not know what meditation is, but if it is supposed to make you elevated, I too feel a high when i dance with my mind, body and soul, i.e. all of myself.....
For sometime now i have not performed, but i do start dancing in my room at any music or any lyrics that touch me... and yes i am still stuck in words. And for me dance still is enjoyable when i am expressing something, using dance as my language.
Before i miss it anymore i must get back to it...and may be this blog is the first step towards it... and i am dancing towards my dream to dance FOREVER.....
