Hip Hop Dancing

“Tonight I was going to a choreography class I was invited to by a teacher. Initially I knew it would be an advanced class but I train with this teacher often so I wasn’t very concerned. However, when I saw everyone who was attending, I felt really nervous because literally everyone was a professional except me. I didn’t want to let fear limit me from growing so I pushed myself to get through the fear and just go. [...] My whole entire life since I was like 0 years old, I dreamt of being a dancer. And now here I am in a class full of literally only very advanced dancers and even though I am sooo far from where they are, I am standing in this room. And I can train with them. [...] Yeah, when I dreamt of being in those rooms, I dreamt I’d be good, but, honestly, being there feels almost good enough.”

“I choreographed a couple of 8-counts to Beyoncé’s 2011 hit and prepared to teach the kids my moves that don’t even look good after a couple of drinks. I go over each move a couple of times and the kids don’t look fazed at all. I’m trying to catch my breath, wondering how the heck I had two-a-days in drill team. I turn the music on and the kids bump and body roll and move better than years of training could ever make me look. This is easy. I’ve now dedicated six weeks to teaching a handful of kids hip-hop moves they already know. Basically, I’ve signed up for a hip-hop class where the kids teach me, because Lord knows I don’t know what or how I should be bumping and/or grinding.”