In this video I explore the different ways of exploring space in movement.

In class we talked about the reaching and moving into the space as well as exploring the different planes in your own space while moving. These planes and ways of movement can actually play a part in your day to day life.

The three planes:

Transverse plane - horizontal plane of the body (table)

Saggital plane - vertical plane of front and back (wheel)

Frontal plane - passes from side to side at right angles (door)

As a popper, I tend to dance very "in with myself". My shapes and movements are not big and expressive but usually tend to be in my frontal plane and horizontal plane.

In this video I explored making my shapes big and small while varying between flowing and sudden movements. The song I chose (Yalla tnam nada by Bachar Mar-Khalife) helped with that as the song goes between heavy beats and a flowing voice.

This is me at the barre 1 year ago..days after I took this video I sprained my ankle so bad in jazz class that I couldn't dance for 5 months.

I always show up. Even if I am injured or too sore to fully participate I still come to class to watch and listen and to support the other dancers who also continue to work hard.

Here's to the dancers who aspire to be on pointe but "aren't ready yet".

Here's to the dancers who don't have their splits flat yet.

Here's to the dancers who feel clueless in their path.

Here's to the dancers who fear they're not talented, or graceful, or flexible enough.

Here's to the dancers who have clean single pirouettes, but can't seem to grasp a double quite yet.

Here's to the dancers with tears in their tights and holes in their leotards.

Here's to the dancers who started dancing at an older age.

Here's to the dancers who don't have the "ideal image" of how a dancer "should look".

Here's to the dancers who use the art as a coping mechanism.

Here's to the dancers who can't afford classes.

Here's to the dancers with mental illness.

Here's to the dancers with disabilities of all kinds.

Here's to the dancers who can't seem to achieve the "perfect" bun no matter how many times they redo it.

You may or may not know, but I am a ballet dancer (unfortunately, I’ll never be able to pursue a career in it, because I’m too fucking tall). I’ve been dancing for about a decade and I’ve been en pointe for 2 years, and I really fucking love it.