Sunday, January 28, 2007
today we had our first rehearsal for mnite.
i honestly thought it went better than expected
whats even more interesting is the fact that its undeniable that everyone's true colours appear in the wake of pressure and time constraints:
hates. likes. idiosyncracies.
personalities demystified.anyhoo.
today when i saw sarah's sabahan dance
i found myself strangely getting goosebumps
it wasnt due to any extraordinariness in the steps
or the lulling music
but probably because of the grace, and thenceforth the dedication
that made the entirety of the dance
it seemed to me
that there are only two ways of doing things when it came to the majority of activities contained within astra hall today:
- doing it one way
- doing it the artistic way
the latter takes sacrifice,
coincidences, and various strokes of luck.
but the end result will make one beam.
be it in masked pain or jubilation.
clearly there is no other way to do it other than no2.
i can, and will, vouch for that.
i couldnt be prouder of the malay dance-ers (malay dancers would have been politically incorrect) after today's one-off rehearsal performance
we were less than perfect
but still, we finished the dance laughing so hard at the parts we forgot
and each feeling happy to have it in its supposed completion
but it was the applause and the cheers of support we got at the end of the dance was what kept me coming back for more
year after year
routine after routine
there is absolutely NOTHING in the world quite like it.
none.
against the backdrop of tarian tradisional
i am the happiest i could rather be.
<3 <3 <3
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