Yeah just wrote an essay on dancing for my english writer's workshop class and wanted to share it with you guys. i'ts just the first copy so yeah feel free to comment on it.
I believe when you’re a dancer, you have to have heart. What’s heart? Heart is dedication. Heart is soul. Heart is passion. It’s the fire that drives me. You can’t be a dancer without it. Like a carpenter without his saw, a dancer cannot operate without heart. Without dedication, you will never progress. Without soul, you can’t express yourself. Without passion, your dance will be lifeless. And what’s the point of dancing if you feel like you don’t need to improve or express yourself or dance with enthusiasm? There’s no point in dancing to if you lack heart.
The music is blasting and I have the urge to move my feet. A boom boom snap boom boom snap sound is all I can hear in my ears right now. A circle forms in the middle of the dance floor. Everybody’s watching. This is what I dance for. This is where my heart is at. The center of attention. I ask myself, “What if I make a fool out of myself?” That’s when it kicked in. I walked in for the first time and I just let it control me. That was the day when I realized what heart was.
Heart is the gut feeling that makes you dance. Why do I dance? Because it’s fun. Because it’s time consuming. Because it’s self expression. Over the few months, I realized to dance, you can’t just do it. It takes practice, no one ever gets everything the first time. There are those dancers who feel like they can tell people they dance, but they don’t practice at all. Those are the dancers without heart. Dedication is a must. Being a break dancer, I go through numerous injuries. Ok so I got a bruise on my hip and my knee and a swollen palm. So what? I keep dancing. So I can get better. So my self expression can build upon people’s memories. So my dance can be filled with energy, to inspire others to do what I do. That’s what heart is.
" Been at this game since January of 2007,
Gettin better n better like a stairway 2 heaven,
Dont know if i'll be remembered as a bboy or not,
But i know i wont regret trying even if ya'll forgot."
props.
