Kai Cheng Thom: Quotes about dance and ballet

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Kai Cheng Thom: 14 quotes0 likes

“When I was a little girl (but being raised as a little boy), what I wanted more than anything was to be a dancer. How I longed for it — the lights, the stage, the gorgeous costumes, most of all for the delivering grace of movement in harmony with a choreography greater than myself. Like a little Chinese and two left feet saw to that: I was laughed, bullied, or shamed out of every dance class I attempted.”

What I learned, loved and lost as a trans Zumba addict (2018)

“I’m okay with waiting. I’ve found what I need to find. Whenever the mood strikes me, I wait until I’m home in my apartment. I put Enrique Iglesias on blast. I close my eyes. And I dance.”

What I learned, loved and lost as a trans Zumba addict (2018)

“If there is one lesson that I have to teach you, dear reader, remember this: cute boys come and go, but The Dance is forever.”

What I learned, loved and lost as a trans Zumba addict (2018)

“As I twirled, cha-cha-ed and clapped my hands to the beat, I began to remember, for the first time in a long time, those moments I used to steal as a kid, dancing alone in my room with headphones on. Those fleeting moments when what I looked like didn’t matter, only what I felt. Only this time, I wasn’t a child anymore. There was no one who could burst in unannounced, laugh at me, punish me, force me to stop. I felt so free, so beautiful, in a way I had written off as impossible for me long ago. … My inner dancer began to emerge from the deep pit where I had kept her all this time. I found the girlhood I was never allowed.”

What I learned, loved and lost as a trans Zumba addict (2018)