La cobra
The Cobra is the title of the play I saw on Sunday, October 21. It was one of Andrea’s works and I loved it. Andrea’s dancing is incredible, and it makes me wonder why she seems to have no bones at all, while I feel like I weigh a ton?
Seriously, watching her makes me feel like I have 412 bones!!! And yet, she becomes even bigger on stage. It’s definitely amazing, and I love her work. She makes it seem so simple… which is not just good, but great :P
But I’m not a critic at all, actually, I don’t know much about dance. In general, I’m fairly new to the field. However, there was a monologue in the play that struck a chord with me. I cried like a little girl.
According to my memory, some of the phrases in the monologue were:
When I was little, I wanted to be an artist, but they told me I was very bad. I wanted to be a boxer, but they told me I was too weak. I also wanted to be a cook, but they told me I had a bad hand. When I was little, I wanted to be a gymnast, but I have hyperextension. I wanted to be a historian, but they told me I had a bad memory. I wanted to be a teacher, but they told me I had no authority. When I was little, I wanted to be a painter, but they told me I was cross-eyed. They told me so many other things…
To me, it was like seeing a bunch of women at once.
I saw a little girl when she arrived to tell people what she wanted to be, and I felt her pain for the responses she received. I also saw the woman who couldn’t do anything she wanted, and it made me too sad.
I wish with all my heart never to be sitting in a chair like that. But at the same time, I saw a woman who may have had all those “obstacles” that people pointed out to her, and what she did was live with them and said, “I don’t care if I’m this or that, I’m going to do what I want, and everyone else can go to hell!!! I’m going to be what I want because I want to, and that’s it.”
And I felt proud of that woman and admired her a lot, and I wanted to scream to the world, “Yesssssssss, screw all those who say you can’t!!! Of course, you can… just try it, reach it!!!”
So, I encourage you to send everyone who says they can’t do it wherever you want, and do what you dream of, even if it’s just for one day. I assure you it will be a very happy day. ;)