Discipline Through Dance

My love story with dance is very old, but it's only been getting better with time. Last Saturday I had my auditions for the Contemporary Dance School of Montreal and it was amazing. I realized how much I've gotten better in the last few years, and I was able to have so much fun in this stressful situation. After a five hour audition, I came out of the school feeling high and so joyful. This ecstasy dance gives me makes me want to push myself farther and discover more.

This semester, I have so many choreographies to prepare. Therefore, I will have to practice more than ever. So, with the joy and effort I will be putting into my dance studies in the next 15 weeks, I hope to develop a lifestyle that'll cultivate constant curiosity and a stronger love for dance.

A tool to reach my goal and to help me organize my work is to film myself dancing. That is why today I have made a collage of some footage from the last few weeks that inspired me.

Mon histoire d'amour avec la danse est très vieille, mais elle ne fait que s'améliorer avec le temps. Samedi passé, j'ai fait les auditions pour l'École de danse contemporaine de Montréal et c'était génial. Cette expérience m'a fait réalisé à quel point je me suis améliorée dans les dernières années, et cela m'a permis de m'amuser dans cette situation stressante. Après cinq heures d'audition, je me sentais comme sur un nuage. Cette extase que la danse me procure me donne envie de me pousser plus loin et de découvrir plus.

Cette session, j'ai tellement de chorégraphies à préparer. C'est pourquoi je vais devoir pratiquer plus que jamais. Alors, avec la joie et la discipline que je vais mettre dans mes études en danse, j'espère développer un mode de vie qui cultivera en moi une curiosité constante et un amour plus fort pour la danse.

Un outil pour atteindre mon objectif et pour m'aider à organiser mon travail est de me filmer en train de danser. Pour cette raison qu'aujourd'hui j'ai fait un collage de séquences vidéo des dernières semaines qui m'ont inspirés.

What a Beautiful Year!

It was my birthday a little over a week ago and I made a video. If you know me already, you are probably aware that I am a nostalgic person that loves to collect an infinity of things (objects, memories, anything really). That is why I have been keeping track of my everyday memories through videos for the last two years. I made a first "short film" for my 17th birthday, and now that I'm 18, I thought I'd share the one I did to document the last year.

Honestly, I found it hard to edit this time. The year before I turned 17, I spent a lot of time alone. I filmed myself through all my everyday routines and, my ups and downs. It was easy, because there wasn't any distraction from what was around me. On the other hand, I wasn't feeling well either which helped me isolate myself from others. These past twelve months though were totally different; I had a flourishing social life and a thriving self-confidence. Because of all the stimulation, it was harder to focus on this personal project.

When I started editing, it felt as if everything was all over the place. I was so unsatisfied with the final result of the video that I almost decided to abandon. But soon after, I realized my life has been going all over the place, so it's perfectly normal for the project to seem the same way. I altered a few things to make it better and this is what I ended up with. I hope you enjoy it.