I recently got back in touch with one of my favorite people I have had the pleasure to know and learn from in my life. This person is named Brenna, and she has been my tap teacher from around middle school age to now. Dance was my primary hobby starting at age three and continuing for the rest of my life and it was probably the main source of forming who I am as a person today besides my parents.
When I graduated high school and moved on to the college world I basically stopped dancing all together. I would occasionally try to use the racquetball courts as a dance studio by myself, would ultimately get embarrassed and worried that someone would see me dancing on my own, and then would give up on that idea. The only place I would be able to revisit dance was when I was back home on school breaks and could make my way to Brenna’s tap classes. It was always an amazing feeling to be able to drop into one or two classes while on break and be reminded of why I love dancing so much. Now that I am back in Austin after graduating college, I knew I needed to get back in touch with Brenna if only because she was such an impactful and influential person in my life and I love her to pieces. While we were talking over coffee, I was hit with how much I miss the world of dance. Taking a dance class not only allows you to express yourself through the choreography you learn but it is a great way to get out any restless energy and exercise different parts of your brain and muscle memory.
I have only taken a few classes over the past week, but I can already tell that I am loving being back in the studio. I thought I would be rusty after taking close to a five year break from being in the dance classroom environment, but it was almost like I never left. I felt right at home. I can not even put into words how happy I was on the drive back home because I had just spent an uninterrupted hour focusing on dance and just having fun being active and creative. I can’t wait to go back to class and have dance be a part of my life again.
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