Dance Who You Are

self development

Oh, she had to get it out of her system. – She commented, after reading my first published book (“The Secrets of Egypt – Dance, Life & Beyond”, now on its 2nd edition).

-She makes it all too personal. – Others add.

-I don´t get it. Why doesn´t she do it like everybody else and quit that strange mania of “being special”? – I listened to this one (in astonishment, I admit) on several occasions, under several disguises.

The critics tend to be quite repetitive, targeting the same point: the discomfort I provoke by embracing all that I am and putting it in everything I do. In my work, for sure. In my life, no less.

I say: put all that you are in what you do. They answer: nah! let´s just follow the sheep and play safe.

Being yourself, and getting it out of your system, requires too much work, talent, courage and risk. Sheep are safe; uniqueness is not. Mediocrity is impersonal; every form of art is personal in its essence.

So, the world moves – ahead or backwards, we shall see.

EnJOY my very personal message, shared at BellyRaks Festival (thrown out of my system, to be more exact), some days ago, in Mexico.

Dance Who You Are

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