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From caterpillar to butterfly

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Dancing with the difference is a small project that was born of the will of a few, grew up and jumped the stigma of disability. This dance inclusive troupe tore consciousness, freed itself from the prejudices and showed that dancing is a physical expression without limits. There are no physical boundaries, or mental that cannot be felled. I ask only that accompany me on this journey through the life of one of his interpreters, Telmo Ferreira.

When I was a kid I've never dreamed about what I am today. A dancer in an inclusive dance company. In my world there was no room to be an artist; I was just a child who had to work from dawn to dusk to earn money to take home. I studied in a public school in Camara de Lobos, but due to my learning disability was transferred to another educational establishment, Quinta do Leme. So there I learn what dancing was. Then I had to battle with my complex and deeper limitations. I felt the gaze of others the stigma of disability, when I knew deep down I was not. I just didn't know how to express myself. Dancing with the difference helped me in that transition. To show what you have inside. A place where there is no limit. There are no boundaries. It depends on your body, does not show your writing or your reading skills shows how you feel, who you are and what you do here.
Whenever I step on stage I feel a great thrill. Every fiber of my being vibrates. It's like a force, are waves of enthusiasm that push you for that moment. Dancing is like breathing for me. It is essential, I express myself without words. I have a greater awareness of each member, each beat of my heart, and every gesture of my body. I levitate. No concept of time or space. You do what you like and that's enough. You only realize its over, when you hear the applause of the audience, the stamping of the feet in gratitude. You feel the love and affection from the ones on the other side. It's like an energy flow that feeds you.

 

It was not always so. I remember when I was a little, danced only for dance. Now, I do so for me. My inevitable fate. I Matured. I studied; I took a cooking course and develop more capabilities. I have wanted to grow and show others who I was as a human being, as a citizens and not just someone who was the target of ridicule and rejection. Over these eleven years I notice that I grew up in dance. My family is the company of dancing with the difference. I am completely different from that boy who came into the Quinta do Leme. If it was not for the dance, do not know what I would be today. When looking at myself in the mirror, I see me on another level. I feel I am better. Look at the world around me differently. I am thrilled with the beauty of a picture, with a play, or a flower. Everything takes on a stronger meaning. Live my emotions. I am a man. Face the world without apprehension, without fear of the future. I know I am a dancer and an example for many people. I want to give more to others. Evolve more and more and more and contribute through my simple way that there is no impossible. That dreams command life. 

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