Pandemic Parables: Reclaiming, a digital entry

Since being quarantined, I haven’t been able to move a lot. I had been limited by the space around me and with all of the emotional and mental weight of everything that has been going on. This pandemic has really taken a toll on my body and I had even begun to believe the lie that I’ll never get back to the place I want to be (physically and in skill).

Today I was inspired by an article by Ashley Elizabeth Daigle “The Pandemic Is Changing Dancers' Bodies and We Need to Honor That”. Now a lot of you have no idea what I have had to deal with and the things/people that I have lost in this season and that’s okay. But today it was finally time to get up and reclaim the parts of me that I lost and be proud of the parts of me that I have found in this season.
(Part l)

What led me to fall in love with dance in my childhood was that it gave me a voice. I felt very misunderstood and unheard growing up but when I put my feelings and words to music everyone stopped and immediately listened.

The way you move doesnt have to make sense to everyone. It only matters if it’s true to you and how you feel; and if you touch a few people on the way, that makes it worthwhile.

For me it’s not just a performance it’s raw and it is self expression. Today I am grateful that I have dance as an outlet, a comforter, a translator and a friend.
(Part ll)