LO2
Now that I’ve finished my final performance I feel like I’ve really re-discovered myself. If you told me 2 months ago that I’d be dancing on a stage I would’ve laughed. But funnily enough, I enjoyed this experience so much that I am actually going to sign up for Kahaani. I am so so glad that I pushed myself to try something new because I have expanded my set of skills by so much.
Though I’m still obviously not a good dancer, just the fact that I tried Culturama and ended up enjoying myself has taught me to have an open mind. Because I enjoyed doing something I thought I would hate, I am now really excited to try all the things I thought I would hate before. I am now re-evaluating all the opportunities I missed because I didn’t want to push myself to try something new. This experience has shown me the value in challenging yourself and broadening your horizons. I think the skill of being able to take risks and challenge yourself is really important because it will allow me to approach life in a more meaningful and optimistic way.
Some valuable lessons I will take with me when I participate in Kahaani include:
- Being open to criticism—obviously, I won’t be one of the better dancers there but that’s ok. This is a very amateur production and as long as your dance leaders and the people around you can really see that your trying your hardest they won’t mind.
- Remind myself that this is just an amateur production. In Culturama I would get really nervous on stage and looking back I now realize that I was working myself up for nothing
Something I need to work on in Kahaani is:
- Talking to more people—because I had all my friends with me in my culturama dance, I didn’t make an effort to get to know the other girls. Now that it’s over I can’t really say that I know them well even though I spent several hours every week with them. In Kahaani I want to push myself to make friends with people I wouldn’t normally talk to.