Thoughts on Dance

Life is a dance and dance is life. It is a wedding of movement to the music. An art skillfully created into something beautifully pleasing to the eye. Dance is the most ancient form of communication and throughout history has stirred emotions, inspired nations, ignited imaginations, and captured hearts and souls.

An audience can relate to the dancers as they draw from their own life experiences and pour their souls into each dance. Allowing us to escape our own lives and get lost in the movement of its story. One leap can bring your heart joy, and one caress can make you fall deeply in love as your heart beats with the rhythm.

There are dances that take us to a place we have never been before. A beautiful day quickly turns to night and suddenly we are in the eye of a tornado. Afraid, lost, and crying, but before we know it the sun comes out and we are ever so gently pulled to safety with one arm movement. This array of emotions makes us cheer for more.

Dancers make each movement look effortless but they have cried, bled, broken bones, and sweat many hours to perfect each dance that is too deep for words. Like looking at a master painter we don't see the first paint strokes, we see the framed masterpiece and gladly look in awe. They paint our dreams and reveal a reality we never knew existed.

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