In the past two months there was not even a single moment that the upcoming heels intensive wasn't in the back of my mind. The biggest thing I was nervous about was that is there enough space for me to see anything from the back. I was afraid with my goldfish memory (even though it has already progressed a lot) that if I can not see his movements I can not learn and I will just cry and suffer through the intensive. The other thing was that I was afraid I took too big of a piece of cake to eat it- so to say.
The days leading to the workshop I felt like I was in a death row waiting for my sentence to be fullfilled before the end of my life was coming to a close.
Finally the day had arrived and how wrong I was. The heels intensive was SO DIFFERENT compared to all the other master classes I have taken with Yanis Marshall. Don't get me wrong- they are also great experiences- but dancing 1 meter away from this superstar on the same dance floor in heels is an experience that you simply can not explain without experiencing it yourself. Similiar to the reality show production I was part of. No matter how you try to explain it- you just simply can not.
Yanis is the dance teacher of the dance teachers. I like how he challenges- encourages- and pushes you through your own limits and with wise words he corrects- helps and teaches like no other teacher I have worked with.
Every single day I left the dance studio happy, sweaty and proud of myself.
I can confidently say- During the three-day - 12 hour dance marathon I was able to push myself to the next level as a dancer. The fear- shame- guilt and thinking what other think about me is now behind. It is a new era of me as a dancer and that is something to be excited about.
Todaloo,
Tara Who
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