I was never the type of person who was amazing at painting
or drawing. Sculptures and clay was never my thing either, but I always loved
art and expressing myself. Since I was a little girl dance has been something
that I loved to do. My mom had always told me that I learned to dance before I
could walk across the room. I was a gymnast almost my entire life, but always
loved to take a few dance classes here and there.
My sophomore year of high school was my last year as a
gymnast due to an injury that was taking over my body. I made the best decision
of my life to quit gymnastics and move on to dancing. The first week at my new
dance studio was amazing and I could not understand why I never noticed that
dancing was what I was made to do. Junior and senior year of high school I
devoted all my time to dancing. I auditioned and made the competition team and
had rehearsals everyday.
At first I danced because I loved it. My movements made me
feel powerful and beautiful all at the same time. The summer going into senior
year I started to take my dance experience to the next level, and began to see
it as an art form. I appreciated all types of dance, especially modern and
contemporary. When I took these dance classes I found that they start out very
slow to teach you how important the basics are. Dance has taught me that being
successful comes from within yourself and your ability to work hard at
something you want to accomplish. If this meant starting from the absolute
beginning, then I was prepared for it.
