C'est La Vie

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D'Angelo Castro & Amanda Carbajales are my two new fav people!!!  I saw them on Paula Abdul’s new show Live to Dance and I was just blown away.  First of all I thought it was freaking adorable how they are “boyfriend and girlfriend” (did I mention she’s 10 and he’s 9?) and that they’ve been dancing together for 3 years!  They’ve been dance partners since they were like 6 years old that’s so amazing!  Honestly, some people are just born to dance.  Some people are just born to be amazing. 
As soon as Amanda (ok D’Angelo is a lil cutie pie but I am dying over Amanda right now) walked on stage I was like WHOA this girl has IT.  She’s a fiery little dynamo and she has grace, femininity and a sensuality beyond her years.  I’m completely in love with her she’s my new crush… not in a pedo way.  I just totally adore them I think they make a very cute couple (! my new fav couple awww!!!) and I think it’s awesome that their parents are there supporting them.  Actually throughout the whole show Live to Dance it was really nice to see so many children there with their parents cheering them on.  I really like the way she makes a little facial expression after certain moves like oh are you watching ooh check this out.  It’s the little oomphs and pows you say with your body and face as you dance like BAM yes I just did that… it comes across in your face.  She has “nakhra”, it’s something that comes from within that simply can’t be taught.  She knows her audience, she knows her body, she knows how to not only dance but PERFORM.  Her extensions and the way she finishes her moves and the effortless way she does it all gives me chills.  Love them!

I’m one of those people who love a little bit of everything, so I’ve never really dedicated myself wholly to one thing, and in that way I’ve always felt a little bit like a fraud.  I mean how can I say I love dance when I haven’t trained for hours everyday or given up everything to pursue it like THEM?  How can I say I love the media when I don’t give myself to that… or acting or writing or whatever it may be.  Would Beyonce have become who she was without her parents support?   Without her dad quitting his job or her mom supporting her?  Would Britney have?  Maybe, maybe not.  
Some people don’t have the luxury of pursuing their dream so I don’t really judge someone’s passion based on whether they are actively pursuing it as a career.  in general if someone tells me they love to do something I just figure they’re as madly, passionately in love with it as I am about the things I love… even if they didn’t give up their firstborn child to get it and just do it as a hobby.  Who am I to judge love?  Who am I to say that they can’t really love ________ because if they did they would have gone after it for real?  I do know though that, I love dance. 
Without dance… there is no life.  I’ve been dancing since I was 4 or 5 years old (that’s as far as I can remember).  I really believe that, life is just black and white without dance.  People I know who used to dance and then stop and never dance again I feel have given up on their life and youth.  Dance has always been the thing that has kept me going.  I remember one day when I was going through a dark day… I told myself it doesn’t matter because as long as I can dance, I am not alone.  Ok wait, that’s actually not that powerful of a sentence because I’m sure I’ve said the same thing about chocolate, hindi movies, books and my mp3 player but you get the point… DANCE IS AWESOME. 
How did we as human beings get up and start shakin’ our money maker?  When did this come about?  What is this thing inside of us that REACTS to music and beats the way that we do?  Dance is our soul telling our body to celebrate life and I’m going to keep celebrating.