MEGUMIEDA
Punk Mom Ballet
Megumi Eda is one of those rare ballerinas who navigates easily between the classical ballet mind and the more free-thinking ways of the contemporary dancer.
"Ballet is a strict art and there are so many things to learn and practice. You need to have a strong will, guts and motivation to become a professional dancer. Writing this now, as a mother of two, I recognize just how difficult and old-school that world was. Not everything about it was healthy, and some aspects remain complicated to reflect on. In that sense, I feel relief that my children will not be entering the same system.
When I was a teen I would get upset over small things like not doing well at a competition or not getting a role I wanted etc.. I have been disciplined enough to practice day after day to improve myself in order to become a better dancer. Over time I was able to find my own style of dance —my own voice as a dancer. even though sometimes I had real doubts.
Although I don't dance classical ballet on stage anymore It is so important to me that I have had this basic ballet training. Classical ballet training is a home that I can always return to. Having ballet written into my body allows me to break my lines and take on new challenges.
- Megumi Eda "
