Dance - An expression of YOURSELF, my passion!

When I go back and think, all the best moments of my life were really followed up by some form of dancing. Like when I got my SSC results, HSC results, marriages of dear ones, my marriage, when Siya was born, etc etc etc. When I was a kid, I danced in rain out of radiance and joy. We all dance in some way or the other to express ourselves. Dance is an expression of one’s self! Through dance, one tries to express one’s joy, sadness or I can say various emotions that we go through in our lives. Dance is just not dancing with your body but it is dancing with your heart, mind and soul. There was a time I really thought of making dance as my career but dance as a career is not very conventional and there is no fixed way for it. Dancers really have to struggle at physical, emotional and mental level to realize their goals and dreams. They have to keep perfecting their technique and go beyond their body limitations which require extreme mental strength. Also, dance is a limited period career, it is age that becomes the biggest obstacle in dancer's career. So I am really not ashamed to declare that I really did not have the mental strength to take this forward. Hence, in spite of being a good dancer, I decided to take a step back and concentrate on home and career. But somewhere I always felt incomplete without it.
And then comes a day when Siya was born. As she was growing, I pretty much observed her interest towards dancing. When she turned 4, the first thing I did was enrolled her for dancing lessons and from then she has been continuing the same. It is because of Siya that I got connected with dancing all over again. I decided to enroll with her for dancing lessons again. And I am having just so much fun. I was just so wrong 10 years back! Despite all these disadvantages of this career, there are many dancers still devote their lives to dance for their passion. Because they find immense pleasure and joy in pursuing it which is above all the comforts and money which any other career provides them. For them, it’s an expression of their happiness and also a way to connect with their self.
Dance today actually has provided a way with which I connect with myself. I just cannot thank Siya enough for the same. :-). Who now really cares about the age, as long as I am having fun! As long as I have the feet, I can dance! It has definitely enhanced my body language and made me much confident in non-verbal communication. It distresses me completely that I look forward to it. And realizing what I have lost 10 years back, I would not want anyone to make this mistake again. If today Siya wants to make a career in dancing, I would surely encourage her and make sure she enjoys it fully!