Comments on: Rethinking “I’m A Dancer” https://stanceondance.com/2015/12/31/rethinking-im-a-dancer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rethinking-im-a-dancer Tue, 27 Dec 2016 02:59:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: stanceondance https://stanceondance.com/2015/12/31/rethinking-im-a-dancer/#comment-63270 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:07:24 +0000 http://stanceondance.com/?p=5068#comment-63270 In reply to Janet Lemon Williams.

Hi Janet, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and reading! If you feel like getting in touch further, email me at emmaly@stanceondance.com. I’m always happy to talk and share. Thanks again! -Emmaly

]]> By: Janet Lemon Williams https://stanceondance.com/2015/12/31/rethinking-im-a-dancer/#comment-63265 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 06:36:42 +0000 http://stanceondance.com/?p=5068#comment-63265 This question is like a plague for most of us indie types who never have fit the mould. At times I have been happy not to fit, but if I am honest my deepest wish was that I did – physically and mentally so that I could be that incredible dancer I always want to be.

Love your Dancing Over 50 Project and would like to speak more to you about it. Am 51 and feeling that there are more years behind me than in front and still – am I a dancer?

Am starting PhD in dance at 51 and still feeling like I want to dance, need to dance, and must prove I am a dancer. That need to prove is not the reason I dance, but there are times it has helped me kick myself in the butt — or to curse myself for not being actively dancing.

As if not liking the reflection in the mirror weren’t enough!

Dance needs humour – appreciate your Onion very much and am researching both comedy in dance and aging dancers – they cross paths in some ways don’t you think?

Janet in Guelph, Ontario, Canada
A Canuck, but a Californian by birth and a one-time San Franciscan who misses the smell of eucalyptus in the morning!

]]> By: Monica https://stanceondance.com/2015/12/31/rethinking-im-a-dancer/#comment-63237 Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:50:48 +0000 http://stanceondance.com/?p=5068#comment-63237 I look forward to reading the voices you’ll feature, as this is a conversation I have had and overheard with dancers in many disciplines. I greatly appreciate your thought process on the subject!

]]> By: Jamie Benson https://stanceondance.com/2015/12/31/rethinking-im-a-dancer/#comment-63225 Fri, 01 Jan 2016 17:10:33 +0000 http://stanceondance.com/?p=5068#comment-63225 Boy, as a self-generating artist, I completely recognize this situation. Looking forward to helping others (and myself) own this idea of being a dancer, regardless of institution. Thanks for getting in deep on the issue Stance on Dance.

]]> By: Katie https://stanceondance.com/2015/12/31/rethinking-im-a-dancer/#comment-63223 Thu, 31 Dec 2015 18:03:12 +0000 http://stanceondance.com/?p=5068#comment-63223 When I saw the the title of this post in my email, I had to stop what I was doing and read. I constantly struggle with my identity as a dancer, especially since I haven’t been dancing (in any formal training setting at least) since I could walk. I feel like I’m behind and even more of just a hobbyist because I started later in life. But then I too have to tell myself I’m being stupid when I see other people decades older than me who are also just getting into dance! It’s never too late!
I’ll be sharing this on thegirlwiththetreetattoo.com. 🙂

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