Born This Way

Some people are born to dance, simple as that.  Like in Step Up 3-D when they used the term “Born from a Boom box”: BFAB, people are just born with natural gifts. Arched feet, rotation, rhythm, hyper-extended legs, a tiny waist, Rockette legs...they come from the complex, detailed make-up job that is our genetics. Sure you could keep using that band to try to improve your feet or stretch every night. You could try your hardest to hit the beats and feel the music as you improv. You could sprinkle salt in your shoes and wish on every little star for those never ending legs, but try as you might you just weren’t born that way. Yes, you can improve and grow to have these qualities, and sometimes you even have that growth spurt or are the oddball of the family to end up super tall with "legs for days", but some people were just born that way. You can learn to dance, but some people were just born to do it. Born in the spotlight with stars in their eyes and dreams on their mind. Yet, even those of us that weren't born to dance and pursue other things in life, we have a passion for this art form, this beautiful molding and movement of body and soul as one. What we all have in common, all of us dancers, is a love for it. Fire in our eyes, determination, drive to excel. Dance is what we do. Whether we were born to do it or not. Whether we want to become dancers or something else. Whether we succeed or fail in achieving those Broadway dreams. Dance is just who we are.

With credit for images to sytycdism.com, ebaumsworld.com, and boston.com