I had the opportunity to chat with several club members, and was especially inspired by a lady named Helen. Having spent thirty years as a school teacher, she is now a reading teacher in Sanford. She asked, when do we stop thinking of ourselves as writers? You ask a room of adults who considers themselves to be a reader, and nearly everyone raises their hands. When you replace reader with writer, unless there is an author in the room, no one raises a hand. As children, we are storytellers, writers and authors. At what point does this change?
That got me to thinking, the same question can be applied to dance? Since the beginning of recordable history, dance has been an important part of culture, celebration and worship. If you watch a young child when music comes on, they move with reckless abandon.
As adults, when do people develop that fear of dancing? Dancing is believed to be therapeutic; cleansing of the soul and mind. It burns calories. It brings you closer to your partner. With all these good properties with dance, why do adults not consider themselves to be dancers, unless they are innately talented? You'll notice this is a reoccurring theme with me, that it is never to late to learn to dance. Even before learning, just have fun and move how the music tells you to move. We care too much what other people think about us.
I'm off to go learn some moves from my toddler son. "See you on the dance floor, Maine!"
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