Weekend 6: A performing art.

Dance is, first and foremost, a performance. It's audience varies from yourself, your peers, strangers, fellow dancers.

This weekend I got the chance to perform with Entropy Dance Crew in Prelude Carolinas and dance on stage along with 15 other crews in the area. I'm still not used to the stage and the lights. I've only been on a huge stage like that a total of, maybe, 9-10 times. It's not something I do a lot although I'd like to. It really does take a lot of commitment and drive to put yourself out there like that. The art I'm used to hangs on a wall but this art involves my entire self being the work of art.

I love the community. It's so good to see familiar faces. Their talent and their drive motivate me to do my best. They are such beautiful, hard-working people. I respect my peers and fellow dancers in this area. They really do provide me the support I need to keep going and never give up. They travel their own paths but do what they can to push their crew and their peers. It's really a beautiful thing. This kind of thing happens in visual arts too but, again, you really have to put yourself out there.

Last year, I went to Prelude and I was just watching the performance. But this year I was on stage and a part of the entertainment. It's so amazing to see where I came from and where I am now. I also took class last year the same way I took class yesterday. The experience was different. Now, I have more focus when taking class. I have more direction and idea of what to do in class because I've had a year of experience. Although, I do admit to missing being a beginner dancer. It's like being a toddler along with the curiosity of everything in the world. Now, I'm in Elementary school working out the kinks of life and my dance education.

Cheers to passion. Cheers to growth.
Work hard. Stay humble.

Peace. Love. Dance.