I learned to dance way before I learned to walk, or so I've been told. As the only child among eight other adults living with me, those including my four aunts and uncles, my mom and my grandparents, I was always the center of attention. Perhaps it was the simple fact that I just wanted to impress everyone around me, but I learned to dance at a very young age.
People would gather around me as I danced away in front of the house I lived in. Our neighbors would join to clap as I moved my feet from one place to another. I never entered dancing classes but I was able to move to the beat of sound and to me, that is the only thing necessary to be able to dance.
As I grew older however, I began dancing to all kinds of music, but my favorite was always salsa. I was never taught how to dance salsa, but every time it was played, I felt the rhythm in my feet and immediately began dancing. My main focus was in enjoying the time I had and nothing else was as important.
As time progressed I became involved in Folkloric Dance . I began dancing at age ten and continued for four more years until my dance teacher could no longer teach us how to dance. After that I decided that I would not go to another dance teacher, but suddenly realized that impossible for me to stop dancing out of no where. Although I never went back to Folkloric Dance, I did practice dancing with every opportunity that I had.
To this day I feel that dancing to the beat of music is my passion. If I could I would be a professional salsa dancer, but only to teach others that everyone can dance. Coming to California Baptist University was a big change due to the fact that not everyone dances, but I know that as long I conserve my passion for dancing, then there is no reason to feel excluded.
When I dance to jazz, salsa, or rock and roll I am transported to a different world where I don't just seem music as instruments or voices being exercised, but rather a melody that comes together to fill me with joy as I dance away.
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