Dance
Is a passion as if jumping from one cloud to another,
Is love, just like a sweetheart who you can never leave,
Is affection, like the one who you can never dare to touch and the one you are fond of,
Is beyond anything else that you have to give up for its sake,
Is a dream that keeps you away from all evil, problems and thoughts,
Sometimes it takes you from the verge of a cliff and somestimes it takes you to the top of the stars,
Sometimes it hugs you tight and sometimes it doesn’t care,
Sometimes it makes you delighted and sometimes it makes you sad, particularly when you have the feeling of ambition that you are best,
That’s when it makes you the ugliest creature in the world,
However, as long as you do it with love, you become a bird flying above the clouds
Dance is the soul that gives life to music, just like a flower and water,
It is like the air penetrating into the depths of your soul which you may wish to absorb to the end
It alters your life as if you have just been born, you may not even remember who you are
It gives strength to a child and get him to hold on to life tighter and wait for the future with hope
It takes you away as if it is taking you to the places that you have never seen,

Dance is passion, love, affection, life, water, dream, the one that develops a child, the one that connects a desperate person to life. It is reaching the clouds. It is beyond anything else but as long as you only do it with love, if some day ambition of dance covers you, read this script and think why this man has written this script while you’re taking your head between your arms.
Every single line is the short story of an experience. Every single line is exactly the truth.
Addressed to all dance lovers, all experts, all my coaches, all my students, all the dancers on earth, dance artists and dance sportsmen…

With love and dance,

Aytunç Bentürk