Show is a Success!

I survived Spring Show. Never in my life would I think that I'd be on a stage again with just one other person behind me. (Or next to me... or spinning me... or picking me off the ground in a lift.)

Dance wasn't always something that came naturally. I often remember being laughed at, or having someone avoid going on the dance floor with me, or being ignored or passed over in other performances. I'm not really sure what changed or if I was just going about it all wrong.

I am not a jazz or hip hop dancer. I can't flail enough to be contemporary. Definitely can't do cultural dances. Ballroom just sort of comes naturally. I know I can't always straighten my legs all the way, or keep my arms in all the right places quite yet. And I still like to back lead. But it's something I feel confident in performing. And doing. And pursuing.

Never in my life have I had so many people come up to me and tell me what a joy I am to watch. I've always kind of spent my life doing background work. Spent too many performances in the back of the formations. (And behind taller people.) To be in that spotlight, almost on my own, quite literally, is the biggest natural high there is. It's addictive. It's healthy. It's now a huge part of who I am.

I think I can now say that I'm a dancer. And it feels so awesome.