The past two weeks I have been scouring trying to come up with something brilliant with my blog and well I have not had much luck. Maybe it is writers block or sheer exhaustion or both! From the beginning. this dance form has taken hold of me and has not let go! I am a Belly Dancer it does not matter how you look at it the outcome is always the same. I feel you either love Belly Dance or hate it; there really is not an in-between with this art. My days begin with Belly Dance and they end with Belly Dance. Each and every hour of the day I am either thinking about the dance form, preparing or dancing and teaching and performing and writing about the dance and educating not only the community but my students as well. I spend hours and days coming up with class curriculum, creating choreographies, getting my website and blog updated, working on videos and editing for the website and continually working on myself as a dancer training and preparing to be the best I can. It in itself is a full time job and there are many days when I think if I could just have one more hour….so why do I do it? I could be considered insane to some. But it is because i truly love what I do and I am a Belly Dancer. I found this quote a few days ago:
It takes ten years, usually, to make a dancer. It takes ten years of handling the instrument, handling the material with which you are dealing, for you to know it completely. *Martha
Graham*
According to this quote I am not there yet since I have only been dancing for about 8-9 years nothing comes easy and without alot of hard work and dedication. Your body is your instrument and we have to remember this. So remember this quote when you become discouraged or think why can’t I get this!
Copy Right June, 2011
Allsion, In you article , I AM a belly dancer , is sure comming from your heart and your truth… Yesterday at the workshop, I remembered how much I love belly dancing… I loved the the dedication, the beauty , the love of the expression of the body through dance.. I was a wonderful day . I am so thankful that , I was guided to your classes, and you are a wonderful teacher … Thank you for all your dedication…. Catharine
Thank you Catharine! Thank you so much for sharing this! It is important to realize an embrace the reasons why we dance an we become engulfed with this dance form. It was a wonderful day yesterday! Thank you for such sweet comments and I am so glad and grateful that you are a part of our dance community!! I want to thank you for your dedication to the dance as well!
Najla