They say time flies when you're having fun. And it certainly has over the last 10 years since I first started dancing in the UK!
I can't remember whether I started Bharatnatyam or Bollywood first (not that it matters) - all I know is that the last 10 years of dance have been the best 10 years of my life. I discovered one of my only true passions (along with writing, which came a lot earlier!) and met the first love of my life - dance.
Through all the wedding shows, corporate performances and overseas shows (one in Monte Carlo if you can imagine - yes, I'm showing off. No, I don't care if it sounds vain!) one thing has remained with me - the love of dance. The love of doing something that I feel my body, mind and soul were put on this earth to do. And the discovery of the only thing that has stuck by me through thick and thin, through the good, bad and the downright ugly, without judgement or prejudice and given me nothing but pure, unadulterated joy.
I feel truly complete when I dance - whether it's on a stage or in the studio, with a group of people or solo, doesn't matter. What matters is the feeling of joy, of peace, of total completeness I get when I dance. So I am going to leave you with a few quotes that describe this feeling wholly, and probably say it better than I could.
Here's to the next decade!
"You can dance anywhere and you can dance in your mind, in your heart."
~ Jacques D'Amboise
"Dancers are athletes of God."
~ Albert Einstein
"While I dance, I cannot judge, I cannot hate,
I cannot separate myself from life.
I can only be joyful and whole. This is why I dance."
~ Hans Bos
"You must have chaos within you to give rise to a dancing star."
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
"Dancing is like dreaming with your feet."
~ Constanze
"Why do I dance? Why do I breathe..."
~ Anonymous
I can't remember whether I started Bharatnatyam or Bollywood first (not that it matters) - all I know is that the last 10 years of dance have been the best 10 years of my life. I discovered one of my only true passions (along with writing, which came a lot earlier!) and met the first love of my life - dance.
Through all the wedding shows, corporate performances and overseas shows (one in Monte Carlo if you can imagine - yes, I'm showing off. No, I don't care if it sounds vain!) one thing has remained with me - the love of dance. The love of doing something that I feel my body, mind and soul were put on this earth to do. And the discovery of the only thing that has stuck by me through thick and thin, through the good, bad and the downright ugly, without judgement or prejudice and given me nothing but pure, unadulterated joy.
I feel truly complete when I dance - whether it's on a stage or in the studio, with a group of people or solo, doesn't matter. What matters is the feeling of joy, of peace, of total completeness I get when I dance. So I am going to leave you with a few quotes that describe this feeling wholly, and probably say it better than I could.
Here's to the next decade!
"You can dance anywhere and you can dance in your mind, in your heart."
~ Jacques D'Amboise
"Dancers are athletes of God."
~ Albert Einstein
"While I dance, I cannot judge, I cannot hate,
I cannot separate myself from life.
I can only be joyful and whole. This is why I dance."
~ Hans Bos
"You must have chaos within you to give rise to a dancing star."
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
"Dancing is like dreaming with your feet."
~ Constanze
"Why do I dance? Why do I breathe..."
~ Anonymous
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