I chose to dance at a very young age. It all started when my mom took me and my younger sister to see Giselle in Bucharest. I was eight. Giselle was wearing a blue dress. It was like seeing an angel. I had no clue about the story or who the ballerina was. What I knew is I wanted to do that. […]
When I hear people describing dance as a “weapon for change”, it sounds strong; or rather, striking. Still, the word weapon disturbs me. If the definition of weapon is something designed and used for inflicting damage, then dance is the opposite of a weapon, it is a healer. […]
I started dancing when I was 5, my mother would always take me to the opera to see Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, and I remember daydreaming of the day I’d become a ballerina myself. […]
My first memory of dancing was in my childhood home to ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’ from The Nutcracker. Later on, my father remarked that my steps had been lovely because they had come from my own imagination. […]
I do not have a specific first memory of dancing, because all my early childhood memories involve dancing ballet in one way or another. […]
The first time I attended a dancing class, I had never heard about ballet and no one in my family was familiar with it. A friend was taking ballet classes and her mother offered to take me along. At first my mother thought it was nothing for her daughter. She was a professional athlete; who took part in the Olympics. […]
I started dancing around 2011 which means I’ve been dancing for about eight years and my first memories of dancing were through dance shows. I used to go out with my family and watch street dance performers. In Dubai, street performances are held in malls. […]
Laure Thirion has traveled around the world to meet and give dance classes to underpriviledged children. She tells WDCD about it. “This trip was a challenge thrown at myself. I have always loved to travel, […]
Dance can transform a life. It brings joy and meaning to the world. It is a creative outlet full of endless possibilities. After I quit dancing for a while I fell into deep depression at the age of twenty eight. […]
Hi, my name is Taha, I am 24 years old and in the breaking world I go by the name Bboy Shibl. I am originally from Libya but I was born and raised in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. […]