Dance by Rasjaswi Singh

“Dance is more than just a hobby it’s a passion”

                                                                             Dance is the body and mind’s escape it helps million others like me escape from our daily busy routines. Everyday is spent in a hurry to get to work, get to school,get to l3 class(most important) we never stop and think all the rush usually causes stress and many different not-so-pleasant emotions arise within us,anger, sadness, disgust, fear etc. (I’m quoting inside out characters!!!) a very easy solution to this is dancing, as ridiculous asthat sounds, its true!! Dance helps you “see the world as it is, infinity”. Dance is a movement that comes from the heart and is expressed through the body. And that, my friend, is why I’m the kind of person who loves to dance.

                             Dance is my escape, my passion and my second voice. I dance because my heart tells me to, I dance because I can escape the world when doing so, I dance because it is a way to let off some steam without hurting anyone, I dance because there are a million reasons to. I have danced my way through many situations (see what I did there? Admit it, it was punny!!)  without   causing anyone much heartache . So today I’m going to tell you a few incidents where dancing helped me and show you how dancing might just be the key for you. : )

                         I remember this one time when I super worried about something and dancing got me to relax. so it was my uncles wedding and I was incharge of the entertainment part of the celebration I was supposed to get everyone to dance and enjoy, you must be thinking easy-peasy, but no, it isn’t “easy-peasy”  specially when you have to drag people on the dance floor, dance , all while wearing a 80 ton lehenga. I became Manavi (<3) for some time and started imagining the worst ‘what if I trip and fall in front of 700 people’ , ‘what if none of them want to dance and I end up making a fool out of myself’, ‘what if someone spills a drink on me ‘ millions of scary little thoughts raced through my head but I chose to ignore them as the music played I made my way to the dance floor and danced what I had been practicing

                                                                                           Soon I was surrounded with millions of adults, children, teens all of them dancing their hearts out I was so proud of myself. We all danced till like two in the morning and I was still fully energized. I love dancing I can’t help myself irrespective of what I’m feeling happy, sad, angry etc.

                                              I also remember this one time when I was sand because my dog passed away he was like a best friend to me and after him passing away I felt broken, sad, and empty. It was like a huge part of me missing. Every time someone tried to talk to me about it I would burst out crying It was like someone reminding you about how hurt you are. So I decided that I needed to get this out of my system so I got up, went down, and played a few songs after a while I relived everything through my dancing. The day I first saw him, how he was there to support me when I first learnt how to walk , how during winter I would cuddle up with him and sleep and the day he passed away I was crying by the end but I felt lighter and felt ready to let him go on his funeral I didn’t cry over his death , instead I celebrated his life. Dancing helps me express my feelings and get rid of my anger.

                                                                                        I get lost in my own world when I’m dancing and momentarily forget all the troubles in my life.  Like this one time I had lots of homework to do and I had started to procrastinate. I started to jumble thing up and tried to multi-task (tried being the keyword). So I decided to take 10 minutes of and try to calm down. I tried doing yoga It didn’t help me because I am a very hyperactive teen and couldn’t sit straight for more than 17.67 seconds (yes I was timing myself) so then I thought it should go read a book but my neighbor decided to blast “cool for the summer”  on her brand new speaker I got distracted and started dancing and jumping around the bed after the song ended I realized that 30 minutes were already up ,but how? I couldn’t believe it I spent the last thirty minutes in la-la land completely relaxed and calm while I should be hyperventilating about my homework, but I was feeling calm and collected (even though I’m not most of the times). I finished my homework really early and even had time to spare!!! .  This is why I feel dance can really helps build  a people’s personalities. It can make them calmer, more open, and less angry. There are many reasons to dance these were mine what are yours?