Thought I’d post this lovely comment for all to see. See here for the full thread.
Hello all!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the time you’ve taken to read, consider and write about this article. I can’t tell you the sense of profound satisfaction I’ve gotten from this entire experience, from conception until now. I hope to continue writing about the joys and tortures of being a dancer. It is rich in exhiliration and devastation but either way, it is rich.
To Cecly: I think success ultimately is such a personal definition. There are those who have a wall full of performance photos from all over the world who are still searching for a sense of self-fulfillment, or success. I once caught the last line of a PBS documentary about actors, and one man was saying, “It’s better to be an actor in Kansas than a waiter in New York.� Ever since hearing that tidbit, I have thought that if the dance is vital to me, then sucess is making the dance happen wherever it can. If you consider joy, creation, dedication as a measure of success, and dance brings those things into your life, then you are successful whenever, wherever you are dancing.
To Susanna E.: My God! T.J.?? Nottingham Rd.?? 20 years at least! So wonderful to hear from you. Thank you for your words. I hope you are very well and I would love to look you up.
Torrin, Germaul, Andrea and Robin: A big hello and a huge thank you.
Thank you to Rachel for a great and much needed blog and a generous review.
-Roz
