Releve
It's recruitment season again at dance ministry. There was an announcement video on Sunday with snippets of dance items presented over the past three years. And we set up booth at both centres.
However I missed all that as I grossly overslept and missed church. I did make up for it by attending an evening service elsewhere. God knows I need the sleep.
One member posted the video on her timeline today. I was awed by how many items we've done and the variety we have!
Coincidentally, I've been thinking of my dance journey. At first thought, I mull over with a tinge of regret that I stopped regular ballet classes since 2013. I wonder why I stopped.
However, seeing the announcement video made me realise that it was also since 2013 that I joined the church dance ministry.
When I went for the ministry audition in 2012, I remember I wrote that my idea of a 'dance ministry' would be a mirror of what I witnessed at Ballet Magnificat - a Christian dance group putting up dance items that were beautiful and edifying. To bless audiences through art by choreographing dance that would carry the meaning of 'joy', 'healing', 'redemption'.
As I reflect on the three years I've spent at ministry, I can pinpoint some incidents where I gave up going for external master classes or auditions because it clashed with some rehearsals we had or church event we were involved in.
I've also witnessed through Facebook how some friends i met through a dance recital have improved so much in their dance. I wonder what my contemp style would be now if I had trained in the same direction they did.
As I reflect on my dance journey, I realise I don't have many years left to make full use of my youth.
If I want to train more consistently, now would be my last burst for the next two to three years more.
I ask myself: what do i want to achieve out of dancing more? Recognition? Or simply the joy of dancing?
If we were brutally honest, we will acknowledge that dance is afterall a performance art. As much as dancers always push themselves to be better, to some extent, we do enjoy showcasing what we've trained to our audience. As much as we dance for ourselves, audience validation is the reward we work hard for also. It tells that hard work has paid off.
Now that I'm almost approaching the end of how much more I can develop as a dancer, I'll give this one more shot.
May this life be a pleasing sacrifice unto my Saviour.
However I missed all that as I grossly overslept and missed church. I did make up for it by attending an evening service elsewhere. God knows I need the sleep.
One member posted the video on her timeline today. I was awed by how many items we've done and the variety we have!
Coincidentally, I've been thinking of my dance journey. At first thought, I mull over with a tinge of regret that I stopped regular ballet classes since 2013. I wonder why I stopped.
However, seeing the announcement video made me realise that it was also since 2013 that I joined the church dance ministry.
When I went for the ministry audition in 2012, I remember I wrote that my idea of a 'dance ministry' would be a mirror of what I witnessed at Ballet Magnificat - a Christian dance group putting up dance items that were beautiful and edifying. To bless audiences through art by choreographing dance that would carry the meaning of 'joy', 'healing', 'redemption'.
As I reflect on the three years I've spent at ministry, I can pinpoint some incidents where I gave up going for external master classes or auditions because it clashed with some rehearsals we had or church event we were involved in.
I've also witnessed through Facebook how some friends i met through a dance recital have improved so much in their dance. I wonder what my contemp style would be now if I had trained in the same direction they did.
As I reflect on my dance journey, I realise I don't have many years left to make full use of my youth.
If I want to train more consistently, now would be my last burst for the next two to three years more.
I ask myself: what do i want to achieve out of dancing more? Recognition? Or simply the joy of dancing?
If we were brutally honest, we will acknowledge that dance is afterall a performance art. As much as dancers always push themselves to be better, to some extent, we do enjoy showcasing what we've trained to our audience. As much as we dance for ourselves, audience validation is the reward we work hard for also. It tells that hard work has paid off.
Now that I'm almost approaching the end of how much more I can develop as a dancer, I'll give this one more shot.
May this life be a pleasing sacrifice unto my Saviour.