Last night I taught the placement class for L III at Turning Pointe. The girls who took the class were eager, bright and hard workers. One of them in particular reminded me much of myself at her tender age of 14. She wants to take private lessons, so I'll be doing this on the weekends this summer. I remember being 14 and taking private lessons in Yankton, SD. It was so wonderful to get totally obsessed with the small things and get feedback on everything. I hope that I can give her the experience she is craving.
I'm filled to overflowing with thankfulness for this opportunity to teach what I know, to duplicate what I've been given and to pass on what I have learned. Hopefully, not just in the areas of plie and grand battement, but in the struggle of prioritizing God, seeing yourself in truth and not the lie of a mirror image, and enjoying dance without it consuming one's life. These have been hard truths for me to learn and live by. I never thought I would really dance again because of my struggle in some areas....mostly that of total idolatry of dance. But God is so good! Once we can come to the place of putting everything on the alter and worship him alone, he never fails to give us back what he desired us to have in the first place....but this time with purity of heart and mind and a joy that surpasses knowledge.
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