I express myself with movements. I dance when I can’t find words to explain how I feel. When I’m happy, I dance. When I’m bored, I dance. When I’m in love, I dance. When I’m frustrated, I dance. There is always reasons to dance.
I like to write and I like to talk, but I’m not the best when it comes to words. I’m actually really bad when it comes to words. I struggled a lot in school. I now speak two languages with many words I don’t know. So dance is the best way for me to explain what I mean. Living in Portugal it came clear to me that you don’t need much more than gestures and movements to understand each other and become friends.
Dance has given me the language that I need. Dance is always there for me, whether it’s in a physical form or just in my mind. I’m constantly thinking of space, music and combination of things. That’s how I live my life. Dance.
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My piece “Closer Distance”, made 2012
Tjingeling