Day 5
Where: Central School of Ballet Phnom Penh (www.centralschoolofballet.com)
Who: Me and my friend Stephen, the artistic director of this lovely establishment (which is also where I go to train and which will probably reappear on this blog later in the project).
Why dance?: Stephen and I are rehearsing for a project in May. It's a very classically Russian ballet piece...set to the music of Lady Gaga. It's the first time I've really done pas-de-deux work and my abs are shouting, but the Spanish flair is really cool. The studio is also lovely -- it has sprung floors and mirrors, though as you can see there is the pillar to deal with.
Dancing with Stephen is a real pleasure because we speak the same language in so many ways. The tattoo on my leg, which reads "Without dance, life has no meaning" in Khmer, was a copy of the same one on Stephen's forearm (can you spot it?). Dance for us is how we process life, how we feel alive. This is the way the afternoon started -- and continued on an emotional journey through the evening (hence why I'm posting late).
Why dance?
Because without it, we are lost.
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