Dance sets me free

Dancing sets me free. It makes me feel beautiful, and like someone that I wish I could be. It helped me find myself. It helped me stay in control of my body, and it all started with tapping my toe.

My first love was music. I will forever feel as if I owe music everything for shaping my life. As my face grew tired from playing my trumpet for hours a day, my heart would want to play for hours. I would tap my toe to keep the tempo, but I was really tapping a long with the rhythm. I felt inspired to move with the music, and the toe taps turned into ballet.

I started very late, and my family did not have the funds to send me to classes. But when I took introduction classes at my high school I felt like I was physically showing the person that was trapped in my head. It came naturally. It felt right. It felt as if no one could hurt me. I'm not the perfect dancer, and people could pick my form apart. But at the end of the day I feel at home when I am dancing. It sets people free, and it is a gift that I will always cherish.