While everyone has friends who prefer having morning classes, night classes of free Fridays, I am the kind of person that will take a night class on a Friday rather than to wake up on any other day. Well, I think this class has proven me wrong so far. I'm waking up, taking it and taking a breakfast bar afterwards (I'm also NOT a breakfast person).
It's the first day of class, Spring 2011. This is and will be my first class of the morning during my second semester of my Junior year at Loyola. I took this class because I want to understand my body; comprehend how it moves and experiment with my abilities and disabilities. it is also important to note, that my desire to take this class and understand my body is so big that, for the first time in my college career, I'm taking an 8:30am class.
Today, January 25th, the day after my 21st birthday, was our 3rd class of the semester, so far, so good. I see this class as my personal science class. Not being a science person myself, I have NEVER taken a real science class at Loyola. So for me, in my own little world, this class has a lecture, a discussion and a lab. It provides the dancer or any person, the capability of understanding the body and how it moves; not according to the rules that have been instilled upon us in dance class or training since we were kids, but according to what MY own body can or cannot do. It's not about right or wrong here, it's about understanding my body, how it works and how I can treat it right and not injure it in any way, shape or form.
"The Lab" otherwise known as Thursdays, worked PERFECT for me. It focused on the micro, rather than the macro, making it easier to identify force and its flow throughout the body. Even though it was harder because I wanted to find what was "right" instead of focusing in my own body and what it can and cannot do, I focused on doing everything "right" and in feelings like: "if everyone is doing it, why is it being hard for me, everyone else is doing it alright".
Therefore, a week into this class, I know it's gonna be different than any other dance class I've ever taken before. It should be organic, natural and NOT forced in any way.
I am for sure looking forward how this class is gonna change me as a dancer and as a person. Because more than as a dancer, I'm taking this class to further understand all my injuries in my back, neck, knees and ankles. Personally, I don't want it to get any worse.
I know, that this class has the power to change the way I think about everything relating to my body.
