Natural Dance 1 Freedom of Expression

DANCE

In this blog, i am investigating the way i see dance - forgiving myself for incorrect beliefs etc. and writing commitments, opening the door for correction.

Forgiving Myself

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to believe that dance is about music & learned steps done while celebrating events in school & in the community - dressing up for it in a certain way to be entertained

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to believe that to be able to dance, i have to have some background music with a certain kind of beat  - so it will be entertaining for me and for others watching

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to fear that others will not join me to dance because they are so used to mainstream dance/ sequenced steps  that the dance i do will not make sense to them

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to desire to do different kinds of moves/dances so that others will be captivated and entertained by it so they will come back again and again

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to believe that the best dance is the one where people dance above the ground suspended on air like birds flying on air

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to think that dance is about freedom to move -recalling a memory in the past where i limited my movements due to incorrect beliefs handed down from generations to generation, and connecting that to a negative energy experience - of boredom

Commitment

When and as i see myself believing that dance is about music & learned steps done while celebrating events in school & in the community, I stop - i breathe. I realize this is what i heard in the media - which is limited in scope

Rather than seeing dance as a way of expressing oneself naturally

I commit myself to see dance as the body moving and expressing itself naturally