dance  

/dans/

Verb
Move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps: "their cheeks were pressed together as they danced".

Noun
A series of movements that match the speed and rhythm of a piece of music

The definition of DANCE i found online which cannot be wrong.

I loved dance. And I still love it. I have been dancing since 5 years old and I'm 15 years old now so if you do your maths, I've been dancing for the past 10 years, and this year is the 11th year I'm dancing. It feels just like yesterday that I have started dancing. I'd listen to a song and dance to it, thinking of dance steps, watching dance videos and everything else. When I dance, I can forget about everything else-- troubles, homework, school. I feel happy when I dance. Come to think of it, my dance life have been a really great one.

Ballet, especially, had always been a part of me ever since I learnt it at 5. The gracefulness, the music, the steps, it all attracted me when I watched ballet shows on tv. I would mesmerised and watch till the end. And I learnt ballet. Pre-primary, primary, Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-- and I stopped. People say it would be a waste. But it clashed with other commitments and now I'm in a dilemma, stuck to choose whether I want to continue ballet or not. All these years, ballet had been the foundation which trained me to become a better dancer. But now... it's a different story. I've quit for almost half a year now, I'm so not flexible anymore and gaining weight at a high speed. So.....
Flashback 2005 and 2012. In 2005 we had our first public performance, CROSSROADS. When we were one of the few youngest dancers so we didn't have anything really really ballet-ish, our item was called "the little maids of eden" and many would laugh at it. But that was when we were young. Memories were made then within the ballet dancers of our grade. And last year, our second public performance, VOYAGE. As we have moved up to a higher grade, grade6, we danced a piece entitled Grande Valse Brillante. It was 5-minutes long and it took 6 months of practices and extra practises for us to perfect the steps. That pretty costume everyone had always wanted to wear, we were finally wearing it. The feeling when our song ended at our last performance, the tinge of sadness because we know, that that was the last time that we were going to dance that piece. I miss VOYAGE 2012 especially the dancers of GRAND VALSE BRILLANTE.

When people ask me what was my CCA in primary school, I'd answer honestly, Indian Dance. And they will be shocked. Well, what's wrong with dancing Indian Dance? Being in WRPS Indian Dance and getting the Gold/Gold with Honours awards during SYF, school performances, public performances are parts and parcel of memories... in dance. You know so I don't only learn ballet, but I learn Indian dance too. Well I think people just find it unbelievable that I was from Indian Dance CCA. It's an experience, isn't it? Dancing a dance which is completely different from what people would expect.

Moving on to Secondary School, I've joined International Dance, where we dance different types of dance. There's be wushu, ballet, and other culture dances too. In CCHY ID, I had been given the opportunity to take part in NDP2012, live, on the floating platform. That was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me. Performing for our nation, Showing our Singapore Spirit, our national pride. Performances in school and all, learning the steps and bonding. The really really good friends I made in dance (you know who you are) who will make my dance days end on a high note. Who will stretch with me and study with me and dance with me. My dance friends, a few of my bestfriends, I love them. they are the ones who make me excited to go to dance. And they allowed me to have a greater and stronger passion for dance.

Growing up dancing, dance has always been part of my life and it always will.♥ I won't let anything stop me from dancing and my passion for dance will always stay strong, forever.