Why is it so hard to find a partner for dancing?

by Heather
(Ontario, Canada)

For years I have been looking for a partner for dancing and have been having quite a bit of trouble finding one I don't care about gender when it comes to finding a partner although if lifts are involved it would probably be easier for a male but I never seem to find someone dedicated to dance. Dance is my life and it's what I love to do and it hurts me when I see people treating it like a joke because it isn't just some hobby you pick up cause you're bored and have nothing better to do its a part of you a part of your soul and if you want to dance and let it take over when you hear music coming from anywhere than finding someone to match that is really hard. But dance is hard it's a sport although most people don't see it that way they see people twirling and prancing about in pretty costumes and think it's easy but I'd like to see them do some of the things we attempt in our art form. Dance can express any emotion you feel and that's why it's so amazing and beautiful because it's as if you are letting the people watching dive into your heart and soul and seeing every part of you exposed and raw everything laid out in your dance for all to see and that is true beauty. So if you made it to the end of this long question/rant then thanks for listening and keep on dancing.