PASSION, OBSSESSION AND SACRIFICE
I stumbled on this quote from the new dance series 'Breaking Pointe' and from that day forth I have realized that we as dancers live by these words each day.
Passion....This is what drives us, what keeps us going in a small world of dance that is suffocated and over shadowed by other major art forms such as music and visual arts. We as dancers have to be committed to the form that we love. We are as versatile and marketable as any other art form. We utilize not only the body as an instrument but the mind as well. We can act, we can sing, we can play instruments, we can sit our asses around a desk and work for the 'Man' but NO!!! we choose to dance and engross ourselves in the beauty, grace and art of DANCE and that is what I call passion.
Obssesion...A term that each dancer should know well because we embody obssesion in our art.We are constantly looking for the next best thing and new ways of bettering ourselves. We watch millions of dance vids on youtube, we watch every dance movie that is released in theatres, we watch dance series on tv, we are at every dance event and show that is put on no matter how good or bad it may be. This is obssession, good obssession and this is what makes us as incredible as we are.
Sacrifice....God knows dancers make the most sacrifice. We sacrifice time, space, energy, even other things in life that we love. We are as bold and brave as any solider in an army because we too leave behind things and people we love for dance at times, for tours, for better dance education, for better dance opportunities. We sacrifice our bodies and subject them to incredible pain and exhaustion just to better ourselves. Fighting through injuries and illnesses just for that one moment on stage where we can captivate an audience and this gives us the most fullfilling experience,its like being on a high and seeing a piece of choreography budding from your thoughts and blooming on the stage as a beautiful masterpiece,there is no greater feeling in the world its simply orgasmic.
So dancers lets pull together in our small community and build and make it stronger, better, a force to be reckoned with. We have the strength to change the world with Passion, Obssession and Sacrifice
DEDICATED TO ALL DANCERS OUT THERE LET'S MAKE IT FIERCE!!!!!!!!