dancelife: reflection

dancelife: reflection

reflection

this year is almost over. its been a year of ups and downs, tears and laughter, happines and pain!!! in this past year i have learned so much about myself! i was all the way at the bottom and slowly made my way up again! you never know how strong you are unless being strong is the only chance you have! i am so looking forward to 2011 and have so many goals and dreams for the next year!

thank you to all the people who helped me and inspired me to all my great friends all over the world!!! words cant even express how grateful i am that despite of huge distances and complete opposite lifes they cheer me up when im down and cheer for me when im high!!

i am also so grateful for all the inspiring authors of books i have read nd all the sportspeople and dancers who give interviews or share on facebook and youtube their lives and work! it does make a difference when you lie in your bed devestated and hopeless and you hear of someone who has been there!

thenk you for all the teachers and coaches who have pushed me and also were there with advice and encouragement! i would be nothing without them!!

so step by step and day by day i went through this year and i probably had every feeling you can probably have!!... and i came to the conclusion that..no matter where you are or what you do, you learn so much every day, you fight like hell, you learn to overcome all pain and tiredness..it will bild your character and your personality and it is good that you live your life that way because it is the best life you'll ever have and the only one! you are the creator and the actor at the same time! you can be yourself in this world and you will find your place!

I found there is a place for me , where i can me ME!!!

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DREAM AS IF YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER, LIVE AS IF YOULL DIE TODAY-JAMES DEAN

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It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance!-Bette Midler

Making changes

OK... I think we all know this... we sometimes kind of get stuck in our everyday life and just carry on with it, even though in the back of our heads we know we need to change something in order to get everything out of every moment. But there are usually two problems: 1st being lazy; 2nd it can be really scary to loose controll for a moment: and thats what we need if we want to change something. But we have to get through it no matter what!! you have to life your life step by step and if we try to get out of it it won't get easier, just longer. so ill start getting out of my comfort zone and try to break old habits....lets say we all try!

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A bird dosen't sing because it has an answer, a bird sings because it has a song!

The pain your dreams bring

Dreams are strong and loud and if you listen you have to fight. First it always seems clear. You are in love with what you do and you are willing to commit all your hopes and energy and time to this one thing that made you taste life. You step into the world out there with your goals and dreams and ambitions and suddenly you see you might mever life up to them. There is no middleway, no shortcuts, you cn either give up or fight like hell. Everything in life happens for a reason. Some people are meant to have it easy and some will sweat and bleed and hurt. But with every challenge you face you grow and learn so much. And you will end up with something nobody can write down in books and noone will be able to tell you. You end up knowing who you are!

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The real gift of a challenge is WHO you become by facing it!

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I am a dancer. My art is my soul!!!

The magic of dance studios

As soon as I enter a dance studio it's as if i step into another world, it is not a better world or a worse world, just different and it lives by its own rules, in its own dynamic.A world of tired, hurting people, who probably had their alarm ring at least for half an hour before they climbed out of their beds and into the shower, desperate to wash away the tiredness from a life with long days and short nights. A world with coffee, streching, jumps, sweat... on the other hand this is a world of magic. A world where dreams are made and lived. A world of creation, creativity, diversity and passion. a world of people who are comitted to this one beautiful thing called dance because their heart beats in the rythm of the music and their feet carry them on and on on this long and rocky road and they will never reach their final destination because therew is none. There will always be a new step to be learnt and a new feeling to be expressed for their souls and for our souls. You walk into those holy rooms, put your feet on the floor and connect with the world and you breathe the art and the dreams life is made of!

I dance because walking is too hard

Don't cry if it hurts/
 use pain a a car/
to take you to yourelf/
whoever you are//

The journey is long/
 but one thing is for sure/
hope is not a disease/
it's a cure//

If walking's too hard/
just jump and dance/
fly with the angels/
and take a chance//

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Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass....It's about learning to dance in the rain!

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If you have a dream don't waste your energy explaining why! P.C.

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The survivours in our life
are the ones who keep in going
they are running into knives
get up again, never showing.

The survivours never quit
they are hurting but keep pushing through
even if it doesn't fit
they will find a way to do.

The survivours are full of hope
though they sometimes fall apart
they will find a way to cope
another day another start.

The survivours fall and fly
as up and down they're flowing
even survivours sometimes cry
but keep fighting without knowing!

Petra haller

Thank you to my wonderful friends

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: REMEMBER, NO MAN IS A FAILIURE WHO HAS FRIENDS.  One thing I couldn't be more grateful for, are the people I met in my life who offered me a place in their heart. There have been some rough times in my life and some times where I thouht life's a game it's so easy. there have been times of tears and times of laughter. But even in my darkest hours, in times of despair I always had a shoulder to cry on. And in the most joyful moments there were people happy with me. The best thing in life you will ever experience is true friendship. to love and be loved in return...conditionless. Sometimes I don't manage to call very often, but if I do they always have an open ear for me. to hear the good and the bad news. to share my tears or my laughter. Some of my closest friends are far away and still I feel connected with them and I think of them every day with love. My friends believe in me in times when I dont believe in myself. My friends love me in times when I don't love myself.
I truly think if i wouldn't have had those people around me, I wouldn't have gone anywhere. WHEN THE DARKEST SHADOWS CRAWL/ AND YOU SIT AT HOME AND BAWL/ SOMEONE SAIS: YOUR PAIN IS MINE/ IT'S A FRIEND WHO SHARES THE TIME//IF DOOR TO DOOR OR MILES APART/YOU SHARE ONE SOUL YOU SHARE ONE HEART/ MONEY AND DIAMANTS LEAVE YOU COLD/ FRIENDSHIP IS THE ONLY GOLD!!!!!!!!(petra haller)                    Thank you soooo much people!!!!!!!!!

What is motivation?

My desire for dancing developed in my heart, before I even new what dancing was. It was a dream that seemed so far away, but at the same time it was stronger than all nightmares. It was so strong that I didn't even have to think about motivation. But after enough set backs you will find yourself asking the question: how can I go on? And from then on it is motivation that makes the difference when the alarm rings! Motivation means putting 100 per cent of your time, effort and energy into preperation. A dancers life is about total commitment. If you doubt what you are doing it will bring you down. If you have the most talented and best trained body but you don't have the mental capacity to deal with the challenges that will face you, you will not go anywhere! People told me all my life: you are not pretty enough,you are not talented enough, you started too late you will never book a job! And I was thinking: Maybe they are right. But I also knew I had a will. and I was hoping that in the end that will will prove greater than genious or talent. And I trained like a maniac! And I will finish this story with a quote by martha graham that I like very much and always think of when times get rough: "BEING A DANCER WAS AN ACT OF TOTAL COMMITMENT COSTING NOT LESS THAN EVERYTHING!"

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Play hard................ or go home!

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A dancer doesn't need a stage.... only a soul!

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Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art!

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SMART HAS THE PLANS, STUPID HAS THE STORIES! DIESEL

Talent helps, but it won't take you as far as ambiton!

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And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.  anais nin

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The fire is burning you hardly can touch/ Life is for learning you want it so much/ How long can you handle the fear of defeat?/ will you shine like a candle or fall off your feet/ You can rise like a star or collapse for good/ find out who you are and do what you could/ Let there be no regret, strengthen your core/ don't do anything yet you could be sorry for/ The end of the rainbow you aim for a lot/ Just try with a new go use what you've got/ The sun will shine for a thousand years/ And you can grow like the flowers in spring/ There will be more laughter than tears/ Let the future bring what it wants to bring/ Just feel the burning in your heart/ It's not to hard if you reach your home/ The sweet pain injected by art/ walk straight ahead, you're never alone!

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UNITY IN DIVERSITY

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Photograph each day so we can live forever. Sit in the light to make the dark a little darker and I dance to move only you and I fight to kiss and make up. I scream for some scilence. I laugh to laugh for once, not there so you notice I'm gone and I breath cuz it's necessary and I sigh when I see the moon. I dream to make sleep less boring..until there was you and I feel in the absence of heart and I plug my eyes to cry. And I'm hopelessly romantic and kicking the habits but all the hearts have darts. (unhearted, automatic loveletter)

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dancing is crazy, dancing is hard, dancing is a mystery, dancing is an art, dancing is my yesterday, dancing is my start, dancing is my future, until I fall apart! (Petra Haller)

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There is a train leaving nightly called "when all is said and done" - Keep me in your heart a while! (Warren Zevon)

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We are here to learn thats why it's called a class!

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THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE/ WILL HURT AND EXHAUST YOU CAN'T DENY/ BUT IN THIS RUNNING FIGHTING STATE YOU DONT FEEL YOU DONT CARE YOU DONT CRY/// FOR EVERY DAY YOU CLIMB OUT OF YOUR BED/ WITH ACHING MUSCLES AND WORRY/ YOU FORGET WHAT ALL THOSE DOUBTERS SAID/AND CONTINUE REACHING FOR GLORY///         SOMETIMES YOU ARE YOUR GREATEST ENEMY/AND YOU PUSH AND YOU SCREAM/ BUT YOUR HEART KNOWS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE/ AND YOU JUMP UP AMD FOLLOW YOUR DREAM (PETRA HALLER)

dedicated to the wonderful teachers I had so far

The teacher stands at the crossroads of the dancers' world, holding one rein on creativity,one rein on technique, one rein on aesthetics, one rein on the living process, one rein on the future, one rein on the past. All these reins strain at once as, with the skill of a Roman charioteer, the teacher maneuvres this thundering energy towards a goal. (psychology of dance)

me

HI

I am petra, i'm a jazz dancer! im out here to live my dream and pursue my passions!

"pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever!" Lance Armstrong