“I just want to dance again.”
The story, the motive, and the reason behind Virtuosity Dance
After I graduated from high school, I found myself saying the words, “I just want to dance again.” The day-to-day dancing in the studio life was over. The competitions were over. All I had left was focusing on my education and future career. I didn’t feel that I could make the time to find a class or intensive to take… however without dance, I felt that my life was not exactly where I wanted it.
When I arrived at Marquette University, I spent a year trying to get myself adjusted to college-life, and dance went on the back burner. I met other dancers at Marquette that felt the same way, and they too said the words, “I just want to dance again.”
Dance has this stigma about it that its either you either move to New york or Los Angeles and pursue dance for the rest of your life, or you hang up your dance shoes because you want to pursue another passion that will give you a different type of professional full-time career. Despite how harsh this sounds, that is stupid.
Some of the wisest people I know recognize the beauty of dance and the flexibility it can hold in your life. If dance is something that is engrained in your heart, the moments you are dancing are some of the happiest and most special times in your life. Those moments can remain in your life forever, even after you start a full-time career doing what you are ALSO passionate about.
So…I created Virtuosity Dance. I meshed together my passion for marketing and entrepreneurship and my love of dance into something that can not only help my friends and I, but the dance community around me. The company will give dancers who have said the words, “I just want to dance again” the chance to… dance again. Virtuosity Dance provides dancers with the opportunity to register for classes, events, and intensive programs to learn more about dance beyond their current knowledge. Classes include not only training class in styles such as Contemporary or Hip-Hop, but also classes in fitness, choreography, and improvisation. These classes will be at an intermediate to advanced level; challenging dancers to look at dance in a new perspective and to see what else the dance world has in store for them.
Virtuosity means, “to master an art form,” and I firmly believe that dancers can learn to master dance throughout their entire life. It is unnecessary to let go of one passion to pursue another. I took many scary and difficult steps towards opening up my own business to finally show the world what Virtuosity Dance has to offer, and I hope that dancers everywhere can see that they too can challenge themselves to master their art form throughout the course of their lives and chosen careers.
~ Gina
Gina Parenti 