Hello
again!
So here
I come with my second post of the day and I would like this one to be
a short but hopefully nice post towards dance.
Today,
29th of April, is the International Dance Day. It’s a day where we
all dancers celebrate our profession, our dream and our passion. All
around the world millions of dancers take this day to acknowledge how
beautiful this job can be and how fulfilling and marvelous this art
is.
Back in
Spain, we use to do a full celebration where we would spend the day
dancing around Barcelona and we would read the manifest of the IDD
and we would just enjoy to the maximum the whole experience.
Now a
days, I’m a grown up and I spend the day rehearsing or dancing on
my own or even just watching ballet if it’s a full resting day.
Because dancing it’s not just moving, dancing is feeling.
I know,
it all may sound really corny and movie like but any dancer around
the world who’s passionate about it would agree with me. When you
love something so much, you know that you’ll wake up thinking about
it and you’ll dream with it every night.
One
thing I’ve always kept in mind when I started this pathway is that
the reason why I chose dance (or dance chose me, I’ll never know
for sure) it’s because it made me a better person. It allowed me to
grow fully, to expand my horizons and to let my creativity explode.
It let me be myself, it let me enjoy myself and let others enjoy my
feeling.
I’ve
always been an art oriented mind I would say, and although I could’ve
chosen to be an actress, a musician, a singer or a painter, I chose
dance because it was my soul mate, my «second half, second life» as
I said when I was eight.
My dad
remembers me this sentence all the time when I’m feeling stuck:
«You said «Daddy, I can do it» and you will. It’s your second
life and you’re not able to live without it, remember?».
I use
to say that dancing was half of my heart and if that went away I
would die. As you can see I was a bit dramatic when I was younger but
in a way I understand this tiny Muriel saying those words.
I can’t
imagine my day without having at least one second related to dance. I
know that if I went away from this world, a candle inside me would
turn off and it would never be enlightened ever again. I know I
wouldn’t be fully happy ever again.
And I
want to write this down for you readers and also for me. Because
sometimes this pathway seems more of a mountain and sometimes even
the Everest, but I know that I can overcome any difficulty, I can
search for my way to get though the hard parts and still enjoy them.
I’m
not perfect, but that’s not what I’m looking for. I’m looking
to be happy and finally get off the ground and fly.
Happy
International Dance Day. Let your wings be opened and enjoy the
beautiful journey of dance.
Love,
Muriel
Here I leave you a link to the messages of this year's IDD. This year they decided to choose a figure from each continent related to dance to write a message to all dancers out there: Messages for the 2018 IDD
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