Beginning. And reflecting
With starting this programme I must be reflective. And in doing so on my life and my practice it brings up many different parts. Ethics. Feelings. Theories. Opinions. My practice now is within dance teaching. A place I got to because of how my body had impacted my previous study in professional dance. That was all I wanted to be a ballerina. I auditioned and got in at numerous places but there was always something holding me back. Something that has held me back for years in dance. I never saw it as something that held me back though, that opinion being put in the hands of teachers and prospective places of study. Scoliosis. Something that is central to my practice now and has been before. However before I saw it as a negative because others told me it was. As I branch into teaching I see it as a strength. A way of helping others like me, raising awareness of it but also how knowing about anatomy and movement and putting that into practice can help dancers. And not hinder them ...