#dancelove

There is a specific moment in 10Dance—and in dance in general—where the rest of the world just... vanishes. It’s that second where the only things that exist are the music and the person in front of you.

For this third illustration, I went for a horizontal "cinematic" zoom. I wanted to capture that "forehead to forehead" tension—the heat, the shared breath, the absolute focus. To balance this intense closeness, I added their silhouettes from behind in the corner, like a memory of their presence on the dance floor. 🖤

This series is becoming a very personal journey for me. Using India ink allows no mistakes; it’s as demanding and rewarding as the dance itself.

《 First and Last dance 》

I spent some time today playing around with pointe before my students arrived and oh boy, how I needed that! It's been a couple of months actually since I last danced en point, so I was so amazed how my muscle-memory is still intact.

Today I noticed how my lips involuntarily stretch into a genuine smile and how my lungs spontaneously expand with a deep breath once I take the first step inside the studio. Then I put the music on, and suddenly, somehow, life is worth living!

Sometimes I feel the music turns on a switch in my brain that changes everything, including myself. I feel different when the music is on. It flows into my veins and I feel it reviving something so deep inside. Something I don't know the name of, but it wakes up and I'm very much my truest authentic self. So rooted, yet flowing like a river. Sometimes I feel the music talks to me, and all the time I feel we get each other.

May I always feel like home in dance studios. May I always belong to dancing and music. May I always find solace in letting my body translate music notes into movement poetry.

[MORDARET] Dancing On The Tight Rope.

Mordecai y Margarita disfrutan de un baile mientras caminan sobre la cuerda floja.

Mordecai and Margaret they're enjoying of a dance when they're walking on the tight rope.

I sometimes forget that I was created for Joy.

My mind is too busy; my Heart is too heavy

for me to remember that I have been

called to dance the Sacred dance of life.

I was created to smile, to love to be lifted up, and lift others up.

O' Sacred One,

Untangle my feet from all that ensnares.

Free my soul that we might dance

and that our dancing might be contagious.

#Hafiz #sufi