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Mesmerising, liberating, emotional, unbelievably satisfying.......that's what the art of dance means to me. I did ballet for 9 years before and those 2 hour classes twice a week were amazing breaks from the hum drum of my daily existence.
You went to the class, did the plies, did the pa da chats,tried to do splits(operative word here being tried!!!).....got told off by the archetypal perfectionist ballet teacher for not holding your head up, or not turning out your feet as a ballerina should.....and worst of all, for forgetting the routines..........SACRILEGE!!!!
Nevertheless, it was alllllllllllllllllllll worth it!
Whether your dancing the Swan Lake, or trying to do the Moon Walk.......dance in my opinion can be one of the most fulfilling and beautiful ways of self expression.
You could be dancing in the street or against an opulent backdrop on a larger than life stage, but that does not diminish the aesthetic value of this art form.
Even a fight can be perceived as a type of dance.....one that is spontaneously being choreographed second by second.
Haha! Confucius once said "Never give a sword to man who can't dance" .........now whether he meant that literally or not , I don't know,but if you think about it, even a sword fight is a dance in its own right. ....one with a rather fatal end.

With that said, even life is a dance....well it can be if you want it to be.
A beautiful, intoxicating, passionate waltz....tango.... samba....ballet...whatever rocks your boat. Live in the now and embrace all of IT......... enjoy this dance while the music is still playing.
For so many of us, the music fades out too early and that's when life turns clockwork.

So yeah, free your minds and let loose!
Dance like no one's watching.
Dance like a whirling dervish.
Doesn't matter if you can't dance....no one give's a rat's ass.
Just get up and shake that ass!