Tommy Faulconer: The Ballet

The ballet was one of my first experiences with dance as a child, and seeing them performed is still one of my favorite things in life. Nothing else pulls me into another world like seeing wonderfully trained dancers create this other world through their pantomime. They tell the story so beautifully through their choreography, and I am easily swept into that other world so different from the reality I inhabit. The ability of the art form to tell such a story that creates another world is truly a part of the divine. The beauty enthralls the audience so that they are drawn in and away from their seats and their bodies. Whenever I saw a ballet, it was as if I didn't exist anymore. I was on that stage and in that world with the dancers. My body was behind me, but my spirit was in the realm of the dance communing with the characters and with what I can now understand as the feeling of the divine and holy. This passion for the holy brought forth by dance has driven my passion for the art ever since.