Thursday, 30 May 2013

Getting back to dance

I, like many others, have always had a secret dream to be a professional dancer. My guilty pleasures are watching 'So You Think You Can Dance' or youtubing (I nominate this to be a valid word in the dictionary) hours and hours of dance performances on songs I like. When I hear a song, I always... always imagine how I would dance to it. Is that normal?

For the past 3 years, I've been diligent about learning an Indian Classical Dance called Kathak. Dances that help you express through your body and allow a dancer to add his/her own personality have always fascinated me. Though I don't know much about them, but lyrical and contemporary dance forms are a delight to watch and learn form. I find the same fascination of endless possibilities of expression in Kathak. There are strict rules and forms you should stick to, but there is also room for each dancer to add their own characteristic flavour. You don't have to be pretty to make the dance look beautiful. Your personality, style and elegance make that dance piece memorable.
My Kathak classes happen every Sunday evening. It's become such a routine that my Sunday activities are all planned around the class. Missing the dance class in not option, else I am a grumpy kid for the rest of the week!

Hello world, :)

Just the way the first code written said "Hello world.", I say hello to the world with this new blog that I finally started after putting it off for several years.
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way to do it... or you'll find a hundred ways not to do it.
The push before the plunge
We all need a push to take that plunge into anything new. My final 'push' came today when I felt a state of uncharacteristic restlessness, something that I've been feeling for several months now. I was able to visualize and compare this state of mind to brownian motion. Ergo, the name of the blog!