Dancing to Dream

Dancing is an alternative reality for me. We use language everyday to communicate to each other, to get to each others' truths. Sometimes, I would slip on my syllables, pronunciations, and tones (especially for Vietnamese). Sometimes, I would judge people's character based on their speech; questions from intellectual capacity to race, ethnicity. Some might view race, ethnicity are linked to intellect, linguistic capacity in an English-speaking-dominant locale. Language can go with or against me. Dancing for me breaks those confined ways of thinking and judging.

SASCerade last night was really fun. I enjoyed the pre-party we had at Connie's where a lot of people were freestyling: Dancing with words. Not only is freestyling a funny ass thing to do with your friends, it's a great way to display whatever is on your mind, what you are learning whether in or out of class, humorizing topics or issues--a form of humanization of speech, experiences, thoughts. Everybody has a story to tell.

The same with dancing physically. It helps us humanize our existence through the movement of our bodies. Although many people might disagree, bumpin' and grindin' falls within my interpretation of dance and what it represents. It may be "sexual", but it's still part of our humanity, existence, being.

SASCerade's turn-out was huge! I am so glad that a lot of people came to help fund SI. "Dance up on each other to help fund the empowerment of youth!" haha. So much irony. But it's necessary. We gotta hustle forreal!