Late Bloomers in Dance Turned Pro

Part of being a late bloomer in dance includes dealing with the non-believers (including oneself). Being a late-blooming dancer does make a difference and wishfulness alone will not make it happen. In regards to that, there are three points I'd like to address. Ps. I've enclosed a link in this post to an article all about late-blooming dance pros, read this post to find it hihihi

1. For starters, how about we do this simple exercise: Take what you see as a weakness (in this case, having started on your career path later than most) and turn it into strengths. For example, having decided to pursue dance later in life I begin the journey having already developed a maturity through real life experiences. I can directly transpose this to the decisions I make and the actions I take, which in turn will direct me towards success. Also, having some catching up to do develops in me a strong drive and a solid determination to improve in order to reach the opportunities in life that matter to me.  


2. I can now channel all of these advantages into making pristine actions towards my goals and detach myself from the outcome. This not only saves my energy from being spent on dealing with unnecessary pressure, but it also enables me to have 360 vision of the opportunities around me, whether they are directly linked to dance or not.  Who knows where life will go with this path, but when actions are taken with genuine heart in them, the journey is bound to be interesting.


3. There actually exist late-blooming dance professionals. Take David Zurak for example, who started his first dance class at age 23. There are more of those, though rare, that succeed. They succeeded because 1. they actually went for it 2. they went for it with intense determination, time and effort. (check out some more late-bloomin' pros here)

So whenever you're self-douting, think of these points up there. I don't believe that all who try will succeed, man, even dancers who started early on don't make it, but sometimes you've just got to at least give it your all (and I mean really, your ALL). Who knows where this path will bring you and which people it will lead you to meet. That's why it's important to love the journey and not the end destination.

Now tell me, what weakness have you transformed into strengths today?