This post is for UBC Day 10 and also for ABC Wednesday: Z is for Zenith prompt for this week
We all have varied obsessions; obsessions which make us happy. Fixations which add ZING to our strides! After all, life is all about our passion, our ZESTto live while doing the things we love! For me one of those things is dancing.
While writing adds magic to my life; dancing helps me overcome blues. I have fancied dancing from the time I was in pigtails. Infact, I found my best friend while boogying to a ZIPPY tune on my very first day of school. As a matter of fact, dancing has helped me find some of the gems in my life, queer but true. My first serious dance performance on stage was when I was in the 3rd standard. Ever since then I was up on the arena every year; performing and falling hopelessly in love with this rhythmic symphony called dance.
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| My first ever dance performance on stage |
My inclination towards dance had led my parents to enroll me into Kathak classes. There I learnt with fervor postures, mudras, tukras, todas, bols and those ZILLION compositions that make up this dance. And before I knew it, I had been swept off my feet by it. To this day those certificates from Lucknow’s Bhatkhande University are among my most prized possessions.
But then life happened, studies had to be given more importance and I had to give up my Kathak training. Nevertheless my ZEAL for dance still continued burning bright. With the passage of years, the stage performances too reduced but I didn’t need those to dance, did I? I didn’t need a platform for practicing those graceful twists and turns. Just as wine, my love for dance kept growing. And why not, for the first compliment I ever received from my husband was for a dance performance in college. Like I said, dance has always been a generous giver for me.
Moments absorbed in dance, feet tapping and hands swagging are euphoric for my soul. I have danced when lonely, with eyes full of tears. And trust me it felt good. My husband and I also have a signature dance step that we do; especially when bored out of our wits. And those crazy dancing sessions at home with my sister and her friends; how can I forget those? All of it make me smile every time, which trust me is a luxury in this stressful life!
Today I dance when no one is looking; when I’m alone or down. And every time I groove, every time I sway the world just becomes a tad more bearable.
For me every single droplet of distress dissolves with dance. Does dance do that for you? Does it take you to the ZENITH of happiness too?
Colored lights,
Adorned divine,
Flashes bright!
With blossoms fine.
A cheery sight,
Of dancing figures align.
Euphonious night,
In sways entwine.
And souls excite,
When feet opine,
A swing tonight;
To Dance refine,
Just one last time!
My fellow Bloggers Richa Singh, Shilpa Garg and Suzy are also taking part in UBC. Drop in and cheer them too if you please :).Trust me nothing motivates us bloggers more than a comment from our readers!
Wow! They say dance is the hidden language of the soul and it is fantastic that it is your passion! As for me, well, I cant dance to even save my life!! 😀
Thanks for sharing your love of dance. I love dancing too, but never received any formal training. Your training sounds very intensive!
Wow I love watching kathak even though I'm no dancer. You trained at Lucknow, that's my hometown.. Gosh how many times I've passed that Bhathkhande Academy. It's a small world, right? All I do for dance these days is Zumba and aerobics and that sure lifts my spirits.
hehe….Well Shipa why don't we go out dancing and I'll show you a move or so to save your life if needed 🙂
It was Wendy but it was fun too 🙂
Thanks for reading !
I learnt in a dance school affiliated to Bhathkhande Academy in Shillong.. But I did perform every year during practical exams infront of teachers from Lucknow… :)… I want to do aerobics too, but just can't find the time!
I used to go for dance classes till my 5th grade…then my SIR helped a male student run away with a female student. Now the SIR is absconding. My class ended. 🙁
ohh no! Well never too late to start again what say ? 🙂
nabanita *hi-fi* I am also a kathak trained dancer! Four years! With degree and everything. And I too had to leave it for studies. Not really I left it because I was in class five and to complete fifth year and sixth year i would need 10th so teacher said I had to wait another five years. And then of course I joined music and as they say rest is history.. I never went back to kathak. But dancing remained of course..
Richa
Oh wow ..Really? Well I guess we are alike in more ways than one!
And true that dancing does remain even if we stop learning it 🙂
you look so pretty in that attire 🙂
You are such a darling doll in that ethnic dress! 🙂
As usual, great work with recalling a memory close to the heart!
Thanks so much Aayesha :0
Thank you so much Poonam 🙂
Dance like no one is watching to your hearts content… There is no joy which can compare to that.
Lovely post… n looking pretty in the dance dress.
Lovely post!!! In fact , the lines are brilliantly written …
'Dance like no one is watching to your hearts content' True that Preethi 🙂
And thanks for reading !
Thank you so much Akrati 🙂
I love dancing too but I could never go for official training when I was in school. I think dance is the best form of exercise. I do that many times-just put on the music and dance at home. At first my husband thought it weird but now he's used to my eccentricities 🙂
haha… you know now that my husband is out of town for a few months, I dance like crazy every day especially when I feel low just to shake the tears off! 😀