Happy International Dance Day!
My journey to dance was not typical.
I always enjoyed dancing but I didn't grow up in dance classes like many dance enthusiasts.
My first dance class opportunity was an 8th grade elective.
I was never able to master technique or master body lines.
I always forget to point my toes.
When I was entering adulthood I started finding ways to teach myself and sought out adult dance classes.
I learned tap for a musical I was in 👯♀️
I was able to finally take a ballet class 🩰
I learned belly dancing from YouTube 💃
I self-taught Irish tap
Then I eventually found aerials and pole and fell absolutely in love.
Over the last few years I've dabbled more and more into ecstatic movement and it is like I found the missing link in my dance journey:
A free form, no rules, no technique, emotive expression of dance.
It's become the most freeing, most liberating, and most spiritual part of my journey.
So in the spirit of ecstatic: dance your heart out like nobody's watching
You are never too old to dance.
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