While this is my second year helping to organise the annual ‘Kahaani’ shows with my global concern Kolkata GC, this is my first time actually participating in the dance myself. I chose to sign up as a dancer this year as I was particularly fond of this year’s theme. The theme of the show this year is to have its entirety act as an interview of a disabled person, discussing the adversity they faced and how they were able to overcome this to realise their full potential as a human being with just a minor obstacle to overcome, yet capable of doing all that those without their disability can achieve. Each dance is intended to represent a defining moment in the person’s life. Therefore, I felt that that the dancers had a more important role than ever, which led me to my decision to sign up myself. I have not danced since I was 9 years old and even at that time, I felt very under confident and unhappy doing so. Therefore I knew that this would be a challenge for me, as I would be working with people who are confident dancers and will have less trouble processing and understanding the steps than I would. Therefore this relates to the 2nd and 6th CAS Learning Outcomes, as I will be taking on a challenge that I know will be incredibly difficult and testing for me but will hopefully allow me to develop a new strength in dancing in order to support the cause of Kahaani and raise money for the children in Kolkata our GC work so hard to support and raise awareness towards the global issue of the marginalization of those with disabilities around the world.
Our rehearsals take place every Monday lunchtime, for 45 minutes each. Here is a clip from our second rehearsal:
