It means so much...

I read Corn's post and I liked his topic so I am stealing it. : )

What does ballet mean to me?

I have never asked my self that question before. When I was younger I would have not believed you if you said to me I'd be enjoying ballet classes on a daily bases in my future. Ballet has become a love and a passion, a passion that kinda just snuck up on me one day. Ballet is also a source of frustration and even despair, mainly because of how much I want to succeed at it, but for every class that I leave disappointed there are other ballet classes that I leave feeling like I am floating across the floor and can do anything in the world. I feel like I am radiating with accomplishment.

Ballet is a source of strength and self betterment. I know that every great dancer in the world has taken ballet to a certain degree, and I know I must also in order to become the kind of dance performer that I wish to become.

I also think that ballet has taught me to be self disciplined and determined. Never have I been so challenged before in my life. Its funny how difficult ballet is for me, especially when I first started to dance it. I remember my first ballet class and it was so uncomfortable! All I could do was watch the other dancers and try to imitate them. I felt like I was hanging off a cliff, with only my finger tips securing me, the whole class desperately trying not to fall off the edge. I never stopped trying though from that day and I think in one short year I have come a far way in terms of my ballet skills. All I was that every great dancer does ballet... so I kept on keeping on! Its interesting how something so new, scary, and frustrating was able to push me to new limits. Ballet helped me find my inner artist, it taught me how to use my body for artistic expression and it has given me a reason to love what I am doing with my life.

Never have I been happier before in my entire life, than knowing that I get to wake up every week day, and go to class as a dancer and performer... its a gift and a blessing.

Ballet is a physical manifestation of my dream.... and I wouldn't exchange it for any thing in the world.

-Josh