Movement

This year I went to Movement in Detroit with the desire to be more intentional about what events to go to. My gf was working 4 nights in a row (Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon), and I wanted to be available and alert to support her (i.e., not going to the maximum number of events). I don’t find a ton of appeal in the marathon/endurance dancing that a lot of my peers subscribe to during this multi-day event, because when I’m simply on the dance floor for endurance’s sake, I don’t feel like I am intentionally dancing to the music. ...

I often have conversations about this topic (how old is too old to start dance? to keep dancing? what does it do to us to use our age as the reason that we opt out of movement or feel bad?) with others, usually either amateurs or professionals in dance, or dancers at parties who don’t consider themselves dancers, but was thinking about it more in earnest today. Some background: I started training aerial disciplines and contortion in my twenties, with poor physical fitness and no prior movement background. I was fortunate to be near a training center that had affordable and frequent training for adults. Even though it was quite cheap (~$100 for unlimited classes!), I had not had disposable income for this at any prior point in my life. ...