Dancing is a selfless art. My main focus when dancing is catering my movement and performance towards my audience, or to provide energy for the dancers I'm surrounded by to feed off of. My feelings are always last to be considered, because it isn't about me. It's about giving art breath and brining visions to life.
This past weekend though I felt a bit selfish, but in the best way possible. At my school, every fall, the upperclassman that take the Advanced Choreography class that Pace offers get to create a piece of choreography and place it on stage in a show entitled "Emergence". Somehow I got lucky enough to be selected to participate in pieces, within this show, that I felt an immediate pull towards. These pieces just fell naturally in my body and I immediately knew how to perform them (maybe because it felt less like performing and more like existing). I didn't feel worried about the other dancers in the piece or serving the audience, I could just dance and enjoy the sensations of the movement. I knew I was serving them, because I was serving myself first. An audience wants to watch something authentic, and dancers want to dance beside honest and trustworthy individuals. By worrying to much about what others want from me, I simply can not maintain my integrity, which is ironically exactly what they need from me. I've always known this, but I think I fell out of touch with this part of myself as an artist in the past few months. But this weekend I was able to reconnect with myself again. I feel liberated. I feel refreshed. And I feel like I never want to lose this feeling again. I hope this reminded you all to make sure that whatever you are doing, you're doing it for yourself first, and naturally you will end up doing it for the benefit of others. Love Always, Jenavieve
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Jenavieve Anna Capri
Hi guys, I just wanted to pop in and let you know a few things about me. I'm a Commercial Dance major at Pace University. I nanny on the side to help me afford living in this beautiful city. I live by the three Ts - Trader Joes, TJ Max, and Target. If it's salted caramel anything, I will gladly put it in my mouth. In my eyes Disneyland is the OG and Disney World will never compare. Hopefully, you'll choose to continue to get to know me more through these blog posts and my social media. Connect With Me:
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