GypsyStacey
New member
Hey fellow dancers!
I have been dancing for about a year now - the last six months I have had a very fast progress because I started to supplement my lessons with DVDs.
My problem is that I can feel myself starting to think less of the other dancers, and believe that I am much better than them, and I am really afraid that I will get all diva-ish!
What can I do to prevent the diva-sickness? - I am better than the others in my class, because I practice so much, but I want to stay down-to-earth and humble to the dance (can you say that? - I'm Danish so I have trouble expressing myself in english sometimes).
I read a lot about the dance (four books and tons of internet pages) - I feel like I know everything - of course I don't, but I can't help getting that feeling, because nobody in my class (including the teacher) knows anything --> here we have the diva-problem again.
Please give my some advice!
Love,
Julie
okay maybe this is just me, but i find that belly dance is just about me. it's about my journey. my abilities. my improvements. its one thing in my life that is ONLY about me, for me & i can focus on me. now i understand that sounds really selfish, BUT if the others in my class are better than me so what? if others in my class are not as good as me so what? doesn't prove anything, because it's not about them it's about me. do i notice if someone in class does something really well of course & i enjoy it. i even notice if those things that some people need to work on, but i'm sure they notice things about me too....lol. at the end of the day it doesn't matter who is worse than you & who is better as long as you are enjoying what you are doing.