Me and Dancing

I was exhausted when i get home late today. But after i found out what had happened, i have to say something. This is not an angry article nor it is a cover-up, it is just me trying to tell you about dancing. A dear hobby of mine.

To briefly explain the situation, there are some of our society members that has misunderstood what our dance group is representing and are doubtful in what we have got to offer. The first thought that hit me was: Since when dancing is wrong? I do not know in this particular event if the blame was put on the dancers, activity or dance itself. It just doesn't make sense to me, do you? To be frank i was pissed off at first, but to understand the potential of seriousness with this miscommunication, i want to set the record straight.

I am a dancer from Danzity group and i have been with the group since June 2008. Albeit it doesn't seem like a long period i can tell you what i see in this group. We have students of different ages coming to dance practice on time. Parents sending theirs kids to the dance class or even joining themselves. Meetings are conducted frequently to discuss the well being of the group so as for the activities that we conduct. Dancers spend hours of time in the studio for performances (charity purpose or vice versa), i don't see a problem here. Let's talk about the dance and dancers, for example, breakdance. B-boys do not born to know how to do the breakdance. All the back flip or head-spin skill don't just come naturally. They require tons of hardwork. To improve you need to be focus, determined and self-discipline, through their hobby dancers pick up qualities that benefits for a life time, what's wrong with that?


Maybe i shall put it in a much simpler way. We are a group of individual that love dancing and are driven by this passion to improve ourselves. We learn to have fun, to express our feelings through dances and make friends that shares the same hobby. We consider ourselves as athletes and are just about the same with everyone else in sports. We treat our life seriously and work hard to achieve our goal. Nothing is bad about my hobby. Something that is so simple has been complicated in so many ways, why?

The committee and dancers had put in much effort to pull off the activity, with aims (quoted from idance blogspot):

The aim of all our activities remains unchanged ...that is to

· To introduce and promote street dancing as a healthy alternative pastime

to the youth of Penang
· To counter negative vices such as loafing (lepak culture), vandalism,

illegal racing (‘mat rempit’), drug and alcohol abuse
· To be exemplary youth who make a difference in society

that lead a healthy lifestyle.

With prayer our intention shall not be misunderstood again.