As far back as I can remember dance has been a part of my life. Movement was one of my first languages. As a young girl I spent most of my free time alone dancing in my room, with or without music my soul expressed the emotions deep in me through movement. It was when I watched a dance recital at my school that I realized how much I loved dance and a feverish desire to seriously study different forms of movement took over me. I followed that fever well into my twenties taking ballet, modern dance and lyrical dance classes; movement, no matter the form it came in, has always felt as natural to me as breathing.
Movement is essential to all living. Movement to me is as great a gift from the Celestial Planning Committee as language. Yes, it is a blessing that we get to be creatures that can contort, manipulate, and train our bodies to do amazing wonderful things; that those can be choreographed into a dance that tells a story arouses me! Speaking of arousing. You do know what they say about lovers that are good dancers, don’t you?!
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