Again, thanks to Huibin's blog, she'd posted an excerpt of the article which you wrote about how you wished that you'd the chance to learn ballet. I can attest to it because I heard you repeated this regret countless times....
Excerpt of the article:
I loVe Ballet!
Of all the art forms, I think dance is the most beautiful and sensual. Of all the dance forms, I love ballet the most. The strong powerful leaps and twirls and splits... The use of body and music to communicate to the audience...
The ballet flats, tutus and the pinned up bun, the grace and poise...
I could stand outside a ballet studio and through the glass walls, gaze and gaze in wonderment at the kids learning ballet. It was a childhood dream which I never had the chance to fulfill...
There was always the resentment that Ma had opposed to me learning ballet and any other forms of dance. It was so ironic that she was quite an accomplished dancer in her younger days. She felt that it was too romantic, too distracting. (even too much injuries...)She would rather we learn music and art.
I was so glad that I learned Chinese (it was so fun to dance with the fans and ribbons!) and folk dance when I was in primary school and it has always been my regret that I never had the chance to pick up ballet. Dance had given me so much joy when I was a child. It came naturally to me even without any formal training- I had a flexible body and love to contort it in various forms,. I would split my legs, flip over to do a full back arch turn and lift my leg straight by the side to touch the tip of my ear. Everything came to easily and naturally. Even Ma had to accede that if I were to pick up dance, I would have an advantage.
Maybe because I never had the chance to learn ballet, I find it all the more beautiful...
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