Why do I dance? I dance because there is nothing else that encourages me in the same way socially, physically and most of all emotionally. Whether I am happy or sad or mad it is almost as if I can dance all those emotions out. It’s like another world outside of school. The stupid high school drama I can leave behind. I’m not sure why but the other dancers at my studio and I just have such amazing bond us. I always look forward to seeing them every single day after school. Now I know I am not the best dancer in the world, nor will I ever be. You may think, so if you don’t believe you are ever going to be the best then why do you dance, but I try to dance better than myself and not better than anyone else. Those people who are better than me push me harder if their legs kick higher I want my legs to kick higher than that. I am a hard worker with the biggest passion for dance. It all just started with a ballet class when I was little. Uh but I hated it so I quit. Dance didn’t leave my body though it was still trapped inside of me. I danced all around the house and jumped around on my bed every night pretending that I was a star dancer and I had back up dancers around me. It was almost as if everytime a song came on the music traveled up my body and I just wanted to start jumping around. My mom always noticed this so she wanted to put me back into dance classes but I refused. Then I’m not exactly sure but one day I finally agreed to go to a dance class. I can not remember why I loved that dance class so much but I just remember an immediate connection to dance. It was in my life from then on. I learned that in order to succeed and get better you really have to work hard. Dance has taught me so much about myself and has taken me on a journey in life. I honestly do not know what I would do without dance in my life since it is one thing I have a huge passion for.