I must admit that I have become a hopeless dance tragic! My favourite show, So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD), became my comforting weekly addiction where I could live vicariously through the lives of these amazing dancers. I still re-watch the episodes during the week even though the series has finished. I didn't used to be this bad, but since I was forced to give up dancing 5 years ago, it seems I just can't get enough of dance. Like anything we love that is taken away from us, it's hard to adjust.
On Saturday, I went to see Fame the Musical with my sister-in-law Glenda and a couple of friends. It was a wonderful girls' night out and it really was one of the best musicals I have seen (and I have definitely seen a lot!) So many of the dancers had been on SYTYCD so it was amazing seeing them dance in real life. Although I was nowhere near the unbelievable elite level of the dancers in Fame, it just made me want to dance so much. Seeing a musical or watching a dance show is a bittersweet experience for me. I love it - it's this wonderful, uplifting, comforting security blanket, but it can also often make me cry as I would give anything to be able to do a class again.
I guess since I've stayed working at choir, I'm still around singers and so I haven't missed singing as much as I have dance, especially tap, over the last 5 years. For those of you who remember, I was slightly obsessed with tap dancing before my injury and would think nothing of going to visit Tim after a class in all my sweaty, smelly glory, hair and clothes plastered to my body like a drowned rat! I am constantly surprised by how much I still miss it and think about it almost every day. I believe that dance, like many art forms, is the expression of your soul. It's a thrilling endorphin rush that allows you to push and explore physical and creative boundaries in space that nothing else can.
I know I will dance again in heaven with great passion and freedom one day but I just really miss it now.
Do you know dance is one of my passions as well. One of my dreams was for Rog and I to have dancing lessons together in these years ahead and it makes me a little sad this dream won't come true for me.
ReplyDeleteI was also thinking about how important dance is and how many times it is mentioned in the Bible. But isn't it interesting we just don't dance before the Lord in Church. Sometimes I can hardly contain myself as a song stirs my soul. I probably should have been born in Africa! They can teach me a thing or too.
Lovely post dear Amy. Glad you enjoyed Fame with Glenda and friends. I must make sure I get to see it sometime.
Don't worry, you will dance again and won't I enjoy watching you.
Fondly,
Gaynor xx
Keep believing and hoping Amy, I'm sure you will dance again... and in this body too!
ReplyDeletePraying for you every day, Love Joce xo
PS Have you seen Easy Virtue? I just bought the DVD and would be happy to bring it round for a pick-me-up session if you need... ;)