be a great dancer

I’m still taking classes and loving every single one. Last fall, after a wild summer of going to music festivals I asked myself: “What do you want?” and a little voice said: “I want to perform!” Oh! OK! So I went about my business and continued taking classes and by December I got up on stage and performed and since then I have performed three more times! I now have a dance partner and a troupe name: Copper Moon and we’re putting together more music and moves for upcoming performances! Yay!

When i was a little girl, I wanted to be a ballerina. I wanted to wear a pink tootoo and swirl around and be beautiful. That was long forgotten as I was encouraged to be intelligent and go to university and work hard. Artists and dancers and those types don’t make a good living, I was told. 30 some-odd years later, I go to a show and watch a bellydancer shake her thang. That’s what I want to do! So I signed up for a class. My teacher was sublime and as i watched her in the mirror, I thought, ‘hey, I’m getting this, look at me! Then i did look at me and I looked more like a hunk of wood! Not graceful, and not lovely…but I also know and believe that you sometimes have to do something badly before you can do it well. I^ve got more classes on the way.

Plus, I also realised that I’m not really doing this to impress those who are watching me, I’m doing it because it feels great!