The Energy of Dance

DANCING:


so today as I was dancing with my friend JJ (aka BBOY FLASH) I started to think, really think, about what dance is and what it can do.


Every culture has a form of energy that they consider to be the life force of humans and power us. Chi, Chakra, Aura, Swag, whatever you want to call it you cannot deny that is there. Normally this energy doesn't really spark in us unless we are determined to accomplish something.  However when you dance you can feel this strange sensation inside you, more of a feeling then just joy or happiness, that feeling is your inner energy activating.


Now to some of you this may sound a bit far fetched, because you have lived your lives knowing that you and you and nothing controls you, but this energy I refer to IS you. When your in the zone dancing you feel stronger, confidant, like you can do anything, and this feeling is amazing. Now JJ told me that dancing is his life, and it shows, his energy radiates and you can feel that "wow, this boy has a true passion for dance".


In the video I posted above, you may not be able to tell that energy is flowing through me, but it is. It fuels my moves, helps me create in the moment, instinctively know where to go next as if I had been dancing all my life. THIS is what dancing is. It is not just a hobby, or a form of art, but a power.


The superpower that is dance reflects the dancer him/herself. When a dancers happy their movements are fluid and bright, when mad their movements are rigid and forceful, when serious the movements are cold and calculated. These traits are things that you develop over the course of training that is dance. Not only does this effect you however, it also has an effect on people around you. The reason people are so attracted to shows such as ABDC is that they get sucked in by the radiation of the dance crew energy. For example, last season when IaMmE did their battle against punk phenomenon the audience and viewers at home started chanting the crews name, the could FEEL all the power that was put into making this performance, and later released in its execution. The connect between dancers and those who do not dance is that one inspires the other, in a cycle the naturally inspires one to be better.


Dance has as much power as it could possibly need to help the world, and I truly believe this...think about it, a world where people who dance inspire EVERYONE to become better people, dancers in the Middle East and Africa dancing to inspire people in their respective areas to cease warring on one another, dancers in china inspiring their leaders to treat their citizens more fairly, and dancers in our very own U.S inspiring our political leaders to give our Nation true equality and more just policies...to others this may be a crazy conspiracy, but to me, this is a true possibility, through  the power of dance and expression of emotion...we can help change things =)