Personal Narrative: How Danc Dance Has Changed My Life

I have always wanted to dance. For as long as I can remember I have looked on at a world I was not allowed to enter. Until I was thirteen financial hardship kept me from being able to take dance lessons.I was ecstatic when my mother finally let me go sign up for a class once a week. Soon I began wanting more and more, as a late starter I knew it was important to get the best training I could in order to catch up to my peers. I moved to local ballet school and began taking as many classes as possible. I started cleaning the bathrooms at the studio and working as a teachers assistant to help pay tuition as well as babysit outside of dance. I moved out at sixteen to pursue a professional training program at Mississippi School of the Arts and attend on financial aid. …show more content…
Everyday I feel myself becoming a stronger more independent person. I'm in love with the power and strength that dance has given me, the power over both my body and mind. I can now do things that I never would have imagined myself doing; I have gained so much resilience. Four years ago I would never have imagined myself doing three hours of dance class a day plus two to three hours of rehearsal a night. I have gained a love of pushing myself and my body to its limits everyday. Beginning this spring I will have the opportunity to choreograph my own piece on my junior class and I am looking forward to pushing my creative limits as well as pushing and encouraging my