As a dancer I get so many questions and comments about “oh, dance that’s fun. What’s your actual career plan?” “Can you even do things with a Dance degree?” “Thank goodness you have a minor in Business right because then you’ll be able to do something”
It gets hard to listen and sometimes I doubt myself too. Maybe this wasn’t the right choice. I got injured in high school so much so that dancing seemed to be going to the backseat in my life. I thought realistically I’ll be a teacher and choreographer then at least I’m doing something with dance. I love sharing my passion, choreography is my creative outlet and I couldn’t love it more. But I stopped seeing myself as a dancer thinking I could never be that anymore.
Coming to study in London has changed that. Last week a professor gave us an in class assignment. “What if instead of having a negative outlook on wobbles we instead partnered them with balance. How would you move? How can you dance with abandonment and become balanced in your wobbles?” I thought nothing of the assignment until she said “It’s kind of like life, we wobble but we’ll balance ourselves when the time is right.”
I’ve wobbled a lot in my life and right now it’s time for me to find my balance. I will be a dancer for life. Dance has taught me so much including to never be ashamed of wobbling.
Sara soars 