Crying over a dance routine?

Monday is a 'So You Think You Can Dance' day on Astro's AXN.

I watch this show just because it's there and it's before CSI:New York which I love, after CSI:Las Vegas, off course. Sometimes I get lucky and get the chance to watch a very gripping dance routine. Sometimes, if you've watch a ballroom dance once, you've seen it too many times.

However, tonight, this entry is about a Tyce Diorio contemporary dance routine that in some way has touched me deeply.

This routine is about a breast cancer patient and her partner. The dancers were Melissa and Ade, an odd couple of a white woman and a black man. However, Melissa said that this dance was not about their dancing but it's about how they danced it. And she was right.

Their portrayal of the pain and suffering of a cancer patient, the love and support of the patient's partner/lover were really real and meaningful. The way they danced together, showed how each one supports the other and when they dance separately, truly conveys how deeply each individual suffers from their own demon. While dealing with their own problems, they were still so connected to each other.

There was a part where at first they were dancing separately and then Melissa jumped onto Ade's back and he lifted her up. That part made me teared up because it symbolizes their love for each other, the strength of it even through hardship. It showed that each had to deal with their pain alone but in the end, the love they have for each other makes them stronger. Sometimes, during this routine, they looked like they were angry at each other and Melissa was trying to push Ade away, maybe to protect him from heartache, but he never give up, he stayed by her side. Till the end where he lifted her up onto his shoulder and walked away, lights fading as if portraying her death, with him right there by her side, loving her till the end. *tears are running down my face while I'm typing this*

No, I don't know anyone with breast cancer nor do I suffer from one. But the message this dance has brought forth just struck a cord in me. It's about love, about suffering, about finding strength within yourself and within your loved ones. It's about sticking it out no matter how hard the journey is.

Man, never thought I could cry over a dance routine.

Thanks Tyce, may you get another Emmy nomination for this dance next year.