It will not happen suddenly....

There is an interesting question from one of my new student who is very keen to be a belly dance instructor, and, l have been asked the same question many times from others too,so, think l can share this topic here.

She asked : Why most of the top dancers are usually dancing from young? What is the difference?

She asked the question because she started dancing after age of 30.

I would say, only if you are also dancing from young, you know the difference. But, this does not mean you cannot be a good dancer if you start late, especially in belly dancing, l think it happened, but is there a difference? I think :Yes!

People who dance from childhood time are usually those who have dance element in blood, they carry the element when they are born, it is with them, so when they dance, they are showing their soul to people, in another word, they are not only dancing with body, and this is hard to simulate. I always say, everybody has own talent, some people are really good in handcraft, they know how to do even they do not go for proper lesson, if you own the talent, you know what l am saying. I always share of the topic of own talent, l think it is important for us to understand our ability so we know where to invest our time and effort. But please don't get me wrong, everything is possible if we are willing to work hard, l am very poor in handcraft, but l believe if l practise everyday, l could be an expert one day. One thing, l believe it is very important to own a good attitude while we are working hard, we should always be positive and optimistic, not to jealous or step on others for own sucess, a success under bad motif will not be with us for long.

I hope this student of mine understand how much effort those professional have made, it will not happen suddenly. It looks easy simply because they know how to carry the obstacle. In fact, if you are talented, you are requested to put much more effort as people's expectation to you is different, right? So, why not focus on our own ability and do the most we can, we should not challenge with others, instead, we ourselves is the major one to challenge with.