March 12, 2019. 10:28 pm. I didn’t understand what the email meant so I forwarded it to my teacher. I couldn’t believe it! Could it really be true? I was offered a place at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance!
The week before applying to Rambert was so hard for me spiritually and emotionally as well as physically. I had very negative thoughts about myself; “I am hopeless. I’m nothing special. I’m Cambodian so no one will notice me and none of my family, relatives and country appreciates the beauty of ballet. No one gives me encouragement. I should just stay where I am. Don’t cross the border and venture into where no other Cambodian has gone.” But even when I had those feelings, I managed to shut out all those negative thoughts, and be content and positive because I have a responsibility to be an example to the younger dancers. But all of those worries and negativities disappeared the moment I received that e-mail.
Things have changed for me since I got accepted to Rambert.. I feel even more joy and peace when I dance and much stronger confidence in what I am going and where I am heading to. And I’m hoping that once I have enough training and new experience, I can help Cambodians understand the beauty of arts, and how amazing our body are and what it can do.
And to make our country become a better country, I believe that dance is part of it too because it teaches us to know how to cooperate with each other, team work, how to look at things or problem in a different kind of view and be more open to the amazing experience that is waiting for us to find it.
From now on I would like to ask you to be part of my life by supporting me in any way that you can so that I will also be able to share this amazing journey ahead. And also, please keep on following my blog site to walk with me in this amazing journey too. Thank you so much.
