QUESTION: Consider your talents and strengths, academic and otherwise. What is one thing you do really well?
I am a dancer. I am one with the music and the music accepts me, for me. Dance is that outlet where I can express myself and be a blank slate each time I put my hand on the ballet bar. When the music starts, my hands rhythmically move. I mechanically start the eight count choreography that has been drilled into my brain. My eyes are closed; I feel the music. The constant change of emotion and position still throws me for a loop even though I have practiced these steps for hours. The music and the steps take over me; I exist in a different world. For me, dancing is a vehicle. It's the way that I reach that feeling: the feeling that the whole world is right, that my life has a meaning, that I can do no wrong. The feeling that lets me inhale deeply and sense God. Inspiring, that's what it is. Every time that feeling overcomes me, I know that there's a reason that I'm here I know that I have a purpose. Dance makes me feel vulnerable when everyone is watching, staring at me, constantly judging to see if I fall out of my triple pirouette or over extend my layout. I give my emotions, my soul, and my passion to the moment and to the steps, allowing me to feel accomplished and satisfied as the music stops.
I am a dancer. I am one with the music and the music accepts me, for me. Dance is that outlet where I can express myself and be a blank slate each time I put my hand on the ballet bar. When the music starts, my hands rhythmically move. I mechanically start the eight count choreography that has been drilled into my brain. My eyes are closed; I feel the music. The constant change of emotion and position still throws me for a loop even though I have practiced these steps for hours. The music and the steps take over me; I exist in a different world. For me, dancing is a vehicle. It's the way that I reach that feeling: the feeling that the whole world is right, that my life has a meaning, that I can do no wrong. The feeling that lets me inhale deeply and sense God. Inspiring, that's what it is. Every time that feeling overcomes me, I know that there's a reason that I'm here I know that I have a purpose. Dance makes me feel vulnerable when everyone is watching, staring at me, constantly judging to see if I fall out of my triple pirouette or over extend my layout. I give my emotions, my soul, and my passion to the moment and to the steps, allowing me to feel accomplished and satisfied as the music stops.