What is a passion?
Good question ...
I think ... something we can't live without
A feeling that
it feels like we fly
One can't live without it.
And... you're always thinking about it ... a passion is
you love it so much you can't live without it
Even in love
sometimes you can feel passion for someone
and it's the same thing for a sport, reading, etc
A passion is something that you always want to do
Something that helps you blow off steam
helps to express yourself
Something you want to do even if sometimes it can be painful
and sometimes hard to do
Having a passion is also having a goal to reach
and if you don't have a goal ...
I think that ... there's no sense
We need it to .. carry on, to live
My name is Luisa , I'm 16
I started dancing 8 years ago at the Conservatory
I've watched the movie "Fame"
And I directly said to my parents that it was what I wanted to do
Dance for me is everything
There is no other way to explain, it means everything to me
It's my escape ,
It's the moments when I am the happier
It's the moments when I can finally express myself
I can express myself without anyone judging me
or just not feeling judged
Since I do around 20 hours of dance per week
I need a special schedule at school
So my typical day is
I go to school
till 3-5pm , it depends on my dance classes
Then I go to dance class
they vary , so sometimes I have classic then contemporary
but I always have two classes.
Then I go home
around 9 pm
they I work until late at night
The next morning is a bit hard but ...
I'd really like dance to be a part of my life
but of course ...
It is not always possible...
The problem is that
Nowadays dance has a lot of criteria
and I really think it's a shame
so I don't know if I'll be able to, but I'd really like to
Yes of course
Sometimes I wanted to give up
especially in the middle of the year
I feel like everything is wrong , with school , I can't handle everything
Then I want to stop dancing
But after on or two months my parents...
and yes my parents really help me
And I think that it is really important
They are always beside me , always there to help me
So finally I can surpass
if someone forced me to stop dancing I think I would react really badly
I think I would probably continue dancing even if I had to hide it
I don't know .. but I really can't live without it.
I always tell myself that my health is more important than my passion of course
But I would probably wait to be healed and
and I'd restart even with simple classes
but I need to dance.
My name is Mariana , I'm 18
And my passion is dance
I started dancing in the pre-professional class when I was 11 years old
We started contemporary dance , jazz ,
pointes...
When I was 15 it was the end of middle-school
I decided to do an apprenticeship that my director advised me
Which is the "Art school" ,
And last July I've been graduated
I don't really know from where ...
How I started dancing but
I feel like it has always been there , since I was a child
And in my culture
we are born with it
we grow at the parties
dancing , music , etc.
I don't know
But dancing is kind of innate for the human being
It's not like the need to eat but
We dance without even noticing and realizing
When you're a baby you dancing without even knowing that you're dancing
It's just like that ... we don't need to understand
It's the instinct
Well ... I hope so
But know I told myself that
I could take a chance and try my luck
My name is Ruby and I'm 18
and my passion was dance.
My grandmother danced , my mother too
So I started dancing too
I started when I was 4
Then at the age of 11 they proposed me to change to a pre-professional class
So I did
Almost 5 years there
But I had a problem
A physical problem I might say
probably caused by dance
I had two surgeries
twice in one year and an half
so I had to stop dancing 3 years ago and
and I miss it
It started hurting me when I was 11
so almost the same time I enter in the pre-professional class
So yes I danced as if nothing was happening
but after 4 years
the pain was always there , always unbearable
I went to see different doctors
specialized in Knee Surgery, specialized in dance , specialized in general
I did a lot of physiotherapy
it just made it worst
an Osteochondritis
It is not even a serious disease
but in my case we didn't found what it was , so I reached the last point
so I needed surgery
So the day I learned about it
after the x-ray
I just cried and I went to eat
And I didn't went to school for the rest of the day because
it was sad.
I will always admire all my friends that made it through and
the ones that had the possibility to continue
Because it really is something that always gave me a lot of good things
And nowadays I still love watching dance show
and friends dancing
I didn't tried because...
we look around, we see the dancers
we see the routine
We see the level that we lost
something that we are not able to do anymore
And it's something really scary
we have to start all over again
In the dance what annoys me is ... the criteria
I always repeat it but I think that it is really useless
If you want to that then that's the most important thing
Choosing girls because they're skinny or because they only weight 36 kg
I think that it is insane
If they are really passioned, I think that they are probably the most devoted
There are a lot of things a don't like about the world of dance
first of all , the competition
also when there is a kind of competition
but it is mostly for ballet
I heard a lot of stories that are awful
the ones that put glass in the pointe shoes
Feeling like we can't say anything even if it hurts sometimes
just so the teacher will not ignore you for a week , a month or even more
I had a lot of teachers that told me that
My knee didn't hurt me
that the pain was in my head
That it was just not true
that it was a lie
and that I just had to work harder
so it wouldn't hurt me !
and I think that it is something really disgusting
teachers, choreographer,...forcing dancer to break a feet or destroy a knee
My teachers do a lot of physical comments
for example : you need to go on a diet
I really think that it's a shame because
I can dance with all my passion
but they only see ...
visual appearance
with the pressure, with the competition
watching the other dancers
people telling us " you're too fat" , " you're too skinny"
"you're not flexible enough", " you're tights are too big",...
the dancer can't handle it
anorexia, bulemia
It happens often that teachers make us cry
it's a little exaggerated
when they tell us to go on a diet
they talk to us as if we we're not important
" and if you don't want to then we take the person waiting behind you "
unfortunately... but there are also good sides
My name is Marion
Since I stop gymnastics
I started dancing
and now it's been 8 years
I started dancing when I was 12
then I went to middle school
in "Sport & Art " classes
we have a special schedule
so the dancer is able to finish school earlier
we normally had dance class everyday
Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning too
Dance is something I couldn't live without
I just couldn't stop dancing
could you live without dance ?
No , I couldn't give up on it
no, I just can't
It would be really difficult
dance is something special
because you can take dance classes and you can just dance for yourself
but yes , just not dancing would be really weird
But what do we consider as studies ?
for me dance is a long study that never end
even if you're a really good dancer
we always learn more
it's kind of eternal studies
then the "normal" studies ... well it's good too
everyone has his own way
I try two do it in-between
but it's true that I focus more on school
because at my stage it's more important
school
make it in art is really difficult
So I think that for me it's better to focus on school
and then do what we what to do
when you're young and you have to choose between studies and dance
you usually choose studies because you're afraid of the reaction of your parents
and you're scared of the future
but telling by my own experience, I know it's hard
to tell them but you have to tell yourself that this is your life
and life is short and it can stop anytime
so you have to do what you love , so you will not regret
and the people that will want to help you will be there
and for the others ... you just have to let them go
yes sometimes I feel penalized
I wouldn't say jealous but
i envy the time that the other have
because they don't realize but
they have a to of time to work
I really have to be organized , because if I'm not I just can't manage
Sometimes it was hard
and sometimes I told myself that I had things that others persons didn't
So I feel better
but sometimes I see my friends go out
and I just can't because a have dance class
When I go home really tired but I still have to study
But at the end I think that it is worth it
I'm still happy because I see my friends
that didn't do anything
... they admire me
If you want to dance , then you can do whatever you want with your body
Everyone should have seen someone dance or tried to dance
tried to be interested in dance
Culturally helps to move forward
to find ourself
But of course not everyone appreciate dance
and dance is a big word , there are a lot of different types
If you like dance , you should start
You shouldn't be scared of the judgement of the others
I think that dance is an incredible art
because you can do it everytime ,everywhere
You don't need nothing, just your body
I had a dance teacher that told me that
nowadays we are really lucky
because we have a everything, physiotherapist, osteopast
and it's true that it helps a lot
because now she has physical problems, on her knees , shoulders,...
We can see that she gave everything she had for dance
she gave her body to it
she could give her soul to dance
that's incredible
just like these girls, dance is my passion
I started dancing whereas I wasn't even able to speak
I quickly got absorbed by this world
Watching all those videos, those shows, those dancers,...
But I think that my culture also helped in the development of my obsession for dance
I grew up in a family that liked to party, sing and dance.
From the music we listened in the car when we were little
to the dances we improvised at parties
We often ended up taking off our shoes because they hurt us
or just to have more fun
I find it really impressive that dance is so universal
And what fascinates me the most is how people are affected by dance
We just need to ear some music to want to get up and dance
And I think that we don't really realize how we are impregnated with it
and the fact that not dancing would be really strange and almost impossible
And what I love the most about it is that
it can bring a lot of people together
and they'll have a good time
I think that in my case
The time , my devotion for this art
shows how important it is for me
And I reached the stage where I feel indebted to dance
because it gave me so many good things
I learned to be confident
I stopped being shy
and I found a way to express myself
I also developed a mental strength
because ,you can imagine it, dance is not only an hobby
there is a lot of physical , mental pain
many hours of work looking for perfection
professors really exigent
and all these things while having a social and "normal" life
we learn more everyday
the same way we grow dance grows too
and that's because we are the creators of it
I don't regret anything instead I am really proud of it
i met a lot of people in the same situation
I created friendships
and today I transmit it to others persons
who see me has a model or example.
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