THIRD WRITING

The emblematic dance from our country is “Marinera”. It is elegant, stylized and romantic and represents a couple on a courtship; therefore, my mom took me to an academy to practice this dance.

I started to dance since I was 4 years old, at the beginning it was so hard to practice because the women have to dance barefoot and in very hot pavement or rough surfaces, we have to do all of that smiling to our couple. Another thing you should be careful is with the handkerchief, this should never stop moving or fall to the floor, and it’s only accepted if part of the choreography. On this dance you should always be upright but not stiff, in my case the teacher made me to use a cane in his arms to acquire the correct posture.

After 3 years, I told my mom that I didn't want to dance anymore, so she decided to take me to the national contest in Trujillo; this made me think about leave it or not, finally I decided to continue dancing. That year I performed in a regional competition, I had been preparing my choreography by 3 months; however, I got the second place.

My dream was to participate on the national contest and if you really want to win you have to practice at least for 3 months, November and December traveling all the weekends to Lima and January to practice all the month on Trujillo, it's so expensive and requires complete dedication, so I decided to leave it and only dance for fun.

In short, practice this dance helped me to value my culture, also to recognize ​​the sacrifice and dedication that persons must have to achieve a goal. The presentation can last 5 minutes, but the practice is really hard and consists of at least 1 year, it doesn't matter if you win or not the only think that counts are all the experiences that you had and you learned in all the road.