24/08/2019
August has been a milestone month for me, not just as a Choreographer but also as a human, for I took the biggest rollercoaster journey of my life, to the United Kingdom to teach choreography for a wedding. That's the beauty of art, it crosses borders so effortlessly.
They say you gotta keep your heart out of your business but I wonder maybe if I wasn't all heart, would I have gone to the UK to stay with an unknown family?
Hey if they weren't all instinct why would they fly a stranger all the way from India to teach them dance choreography?!( Maybe they did it because I'm not too bad at what I do but that's not relevant😉) This trip was so special to me in so many ways because these strangers taught me love in its most pure form.
The kind of love that is beyond religion, cast, color, language. ( Yes they were a fabulous Pakistani family who flew down and hosted an Indian) -No religion is not why they did it. -Yes it was my work that they liked. -No they didn't decide I wasn't their favourite because of where I was from
And mostly because we understood that we're the same people and if you observe closely we don't really look very different do we?!.. Look at the video can you tell who's who💀
We danced all day, all evening. We danced in their beautiful lawn area, we danced to all four weathers in a day ( Yes that's Glasgow , now I know better )
In other news I got covered by BBC and Awaz FM Glasgow which is kinda BIG news for me. I mean almost fainted but hey you couldn't tell that from the interview, I'm cool like that ⛷️ I came back learning that art is art and there is good everywhere and I'm sure there is bad too but I think to myself that maybe if I wasn't all heart and believer of kindness, good and kind people wouldn't have happened to me either. (You attract what you give) ✨
PS - The wedding dances look woaa Shafea & family are going to slay the stage in November ( Glasgow) & December ( Pakistan)
Special mention - This amazing, talented, beautiful girl who also happens to be the one who made the "I like your work. Will you fly down and teach us?" call to me 4 months ago, made this happen. I 💞 U