I used to love dancing. I remember that I would skip classes in school just to practice dancing. I sneaked out in the evening to go and dance with my friends at a nearby disco. I went to a dance school and became a professional dancer. I danced professionally but since then, I stopped enjoying the dance as I used to? What is happening to me?
2007-02-17 19:57:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
I believe you still have that fire in you to dance. You may be just too pressured in your "job." When I teach, I certainly do not enjoy dancing. My concentration is teaching the dance. But then, I always make some schedules for me to have fun even with my students. When we go to the clubs, I make sure that they do not treat me as their teacher.
If you can't do that, I would suggest that you try doing something different... a diversion. Then, you will be surprised that your interest in dance will be back again. ;)
2007-02-19 16:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by Salsa Hermano 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three possibilities occur to me:
It might have been the dance school that happened to you. This would suggest going further with this questioning of you and of dance, maybe like the musicians who started the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians did in rethinking their musical heritage. There is a short story by Heinrich Kleist called "On the Marionette Theater" in which the narrator meets a famous dancer at a puppet show and has a conversation about self-consciousness, in which the dancer ends up suggesting that the problem is also a way towards its solution.
A related possibility is that something that was once new for you is no longer new. An experimental attitude in changing the context of your work, or your approach to your work, might slow down this process. It would not recreate the former joy, but might bring forth a new joy.
The last is: I notice your description of loving to dance emphasizes sneaking out -- maybe what is happening is loss of a situation to sneak out from.
2007-02-17 22:42:51 · answer #2 · answered by mce 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good question. I have gone through this myself as a singer. I used to love singing. I'd sing anywhere very happily. Once I had voice teachers, coaches and the like involved it became misery and I still don't really enjoy singing. I have a beautiful voice and I've done great things but I am now mastering in something different. I want my joy back. I think that the critisism and the pressure can take the joy out of something for some of us. I wish you good luck. I've taken a break and I can tell you I feel more peaceful.
2007-02-17 23:29:51 · answer #3 · answered by Yogini 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things change. No worries. You're normal. Doing something because you want to is way different than doing something because you have too. Back in the day, you associated dance with fun, youth, freedom, expression etc. As a pro you associate it with career, getting paid so you can make the rent, not starving, being better than the next person, sore feet and legs, endless rehearsals etc. One POV is about relieving stress, the other is about creating it. I love playing the guitar, except when I have to load up, practice, change strings, fix my amp, make a gig, travel far from home, stay in crummy motels, play when I'm sick, deal with groupies (oh wait, that's the good part, sorry) etc. To paraphrase George Benson, "The Glitter rubs off" pretty quickly. People change. It can be good change or bad change...you decide. Your move. Good luck. Let me know how things turn out for you.
2007-02-17 20:15:18 · answer #4 · answered by softtailmdb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once it became work, it lost the appeal of a hobby. The fact that you don't enjoy it anymore could be a sign that you need to find something else as a profession or that you just need to change the circumstances under which you are dancing professionally.
2007-02-17 20:03:38 · answer #5 · answered by Justin H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see this a lot. People who have a passion for one (or more) of the performing arts start to explore it on a professional level, at which time the BUSINESS of it starts to detract from the pure JOY of it.
I suspect it's a fairly common phenomenon. Of course, it leaves you in a bit of a bind. Perhaps you need to step away from it entirely, and give some thought to exactly what it was about dancing that initially gave you so much pleasure. Perhaps you'll be able to recapture that feeling again.
2007-02-18 03:01:51 · answer #6 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly there is nothing wrong with you. Dancing has now
become a "have to do" activity to you rather than the former "want to do" activity. Professional dancing puts pressure on you, IE, am I good enough, is my salary fair and will it increase, do those who count think I am good, how long can I dance professionally.
2007-02-17 20:18:21 · answer #7 · answered by NeNe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably don't like it anymore because you made it your job. Take a break and try to find the passion that made you enjoy dancing in the first place. Be sure to try new things in your life as well.
2007-02-17 20:03:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably enjoy dancing very much but you want to do it just for fun. Most likely you don't want to do it professionally;just for fun! Hope this helps!!!
2007-02-18 04:13:05 · answer #9 · answered by kool aid man. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are probably getting a bit tired of dancing- as now it is like a job for you.
if you want to still enjoy it, then try decreassing the amount of times you dance.
this will make you want to dance and you will actually start enjoying it again.
2007-02-17 20:58:00 · answer #10 · answered by seza_bezza 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋