After attending The Zoe Jakes workshop on Sunday and finding that I have a lot to learn and more skills to acquire, I have been thinking about why I continue to dance.

So I thought about all the reasons I continue, even though I don't think I will ever attain celebrity bellydance status.

So here are some of the reasons why I still dance:
1) It makes me feel connected to my body in a way nothing else does
2) It makes me live in my body in the present instead of just moving it around
3) I enjoy the beauty of purposeful body movement

So why do you dance? What are your reasons for spending hundreds, possibly thousands of dollars a year on an art form so few can really earn a living from or truly master? What makes you drive for hours for workshops, spend money on costumes, music, hair, make up, and dance in less than ideal locations and situtations?