I had the great privilege of attending my two daughters' dance recital held at KU over the weekend. They were absolutely great. It was especially interesting to see how hard work and practice evolves as they girls develop. In the program, they had the little 2-3 year olds with their short, awkward, mechanical movement about as cute as can be and then showcased the older girls 17-18 year olds that have taken that choppy movement and turned it into this elegant, graceful, powerful display of control...Nothing short of amazing. As I watched I was hit again and again at how incredible the human body is. Even though this sentiment crosses my mind many times on a daily basis as I am working on person after person, my focus and perspective is at a much granular level as I think about muscle tissue and joints (something like not seeing the forest for the trees). The dancers gave me a nice reminder of how beautiful movement is and I don't think this is illustrated better anywhere than it is in a dancer. It seems like I have always been surrounded by dance and have been a great appreciator of it. It must have started in my home of five sisters and has continued through a good majority of friends, girlfriends, my wife, and now my daughters. I have been associated with many amazing dancers from local productions of the Nutcracker ballet, to community musical theatre, to national dance groups, to a couple of Laker Girls, to Broadway and seemingly much of everything in between.
I do regret not taking the opportunity of working with the New York City Ballet as a student physical therapist. I was given the chance and I was fearful and didn't feel qualified to do it since I wasn't a dancer myself...in hindsight, I wish I would not have given in to my fears and had taken the chance of working with such accomplished masters of movement...take home message: Don't let fear get in your way of opportunity.
Today, take the time to appreciate the amazing human body in its grace and power.
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