The truth laying beneath the nailpolish.

thespina13

thespina13

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This could be the title of a very esoteric and reflective essay on the reality of dance and life, about how torment and anguish lay just under the surface of the fluid and shiny hair of a salsera, about how pain and regret stifle joy, yet the hope of real joy is hinted at in the sparkles that adorn a colourful and sexy costume...

But really, it's about how I removed my toenail polish last night and realized I'm going to lose yet another nail. I didn't bleed or anything when it was banged, but MAN. I wish there were a dancer's toenail fairy that left coupons for free private lessons under your pillow each time it happened.
 
Very profound. Really. No. Really. :cool:

And on a more mundane note, how badly did it hurt when it got banged up? And what do you do when you're recovering from a lost toenail? (The worst I've ever gotten is broken inner toes, which are actually pretty easy, comparatively speaking.)
 
I hear ya spina...I just keep telling myself that torment and anguish with dancing is a whole lot better than without it...as for toenails...there is something to be said for the fact that standard dancers wear closed toed shoes...not everything needs to be shared...especially the ugly painful and smelly parts...isn't it nice that amidst it all, for a moment or two, one can put on a satin slipper and go someplace beautiful for 2 1/2 minutes?
 
fascination said:
I...isn't it nice that amidst it all, for a moment or two, one can put on a satin slipper and go someplace beautiful for 2 1/2 minutes?
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. . . one can only wish . . . do they make them in my size.

Toenails . . . a sore subject with me . . .

No, really!
 
Are you makin' fun of me, Vince? Huh? *giggle* Fine, Be like that.


I've had a few severely bruised toenails, as well. Ouch!!! There've been times I wished the damned things would just fall off, so they'd stop hurting so bad. No such luck. They stuck around and grew out, all misshapen and discolored, for about a year apiece. (My toenails take forever to grow.)


Dancing rocks. But it sucks, too. :lol:
 
pygmalion said:
Are you makin' fun of me, Vince? Huh? *giggle* Fine, Be like that.
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Really. No. Really. Why do you ask?

pygmalion said:
I've had a few severely bruised toenails, as well. Ouch!!! There've been times I wished the damned things would just fall off, so they'd stop hurting so bad. No such luck. They stuck around and grew out, all misshapen and discolored, for about a year apiece. (My toenails take forever to grow.)
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G-d, I hear ya' . . . absolute worst part of my bod . . . I've lost so many . . . I too wish that the darn things would just fall off! Permanently!

pygmalion said:
Dancing rocks. But it sucks, too. :lol:
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Uh . . . you can say that again!
 
As someone who has been through a lot of anguish about her self and her dancing, let me tell you -- if you can come through to the other side there is a great reward waiting for you. Remember I quit dancing last February. But, a friend encouraged me to come back, and I have, and it's been different. Better. Lighter. Happier. More satisfying. I love dancing, it is what holds my heart and soul together. And I won't give it up for anything, not even anguish. The moments when I'm dancing Standard and everything goes away except the direct response to what my partner is dancing are so beautiful and precious, and I seek to improve my dancing to make those moments more accessible. These are moments that are past technique, past music, past everything except for the flow of qi between and among us and the Universe.
 
God you guys are great. I'm looking at the toenail today and it seems to be hanging on. I think I just got a bruise. HOw badly did it get banged up? Well it got stomped on pretty badly, and hurt like the dickens but I was on a dancing high and just sort of ignored it. Took the polish off and it looked all red and ugly... today not so bad. And how do I deal with it? Put on another coat of polish or a bandaid, and keep dancing until it comes right off. One time I was dancing and I felt a twinge down there, I excused myself after the dance and pulled off a polished nail I had no idea I was losing, revealing one of those tender perfect baby nails underneath. I was like "huh! How about that!" And just kept on dancing.

That's what it's about, ladies and gents. Pain under sparkle, and dancing and joy throughout it all. And nothing can stop us because there's nothing like the kiss of dancing to joyfully walk you over red-hot rocks.
 
I wonder if it's a Latin/Salsa problem, because the only time I've ever lost a nail was playing soccer in high school.
 
Laura said:
I wonder if it's a Latin/Salsa problem, because the only time I've ever lost a nail was playing soccer in high school.
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I've lost a toenail twice from attack of my partner's foot, (and I've only been doing this 2 years!!) and both times it was in foxtrot. Now stepping on my own feet, that tends to be rhythm, haha!!
 
Don't get me started on how ugly my toenails have become (it's an international latin thing too!)....parts of nails white and detaching due to pressure from the shoes, doubled nails, nails splitting, etc.

I'm ashamed to go out and get a pedicure with the girls they're so bad....
 
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