Colby Ludwig is an 18-year-old dancer from Eldridge, Iowa. He dances at Independent Dancer.

“I feel like dancing will bring such joy to so many people because you’re dancing, there’s no care in the world.”

How does dance have a positive impact on your life?

Dance has given me such a big outlet to express my emotions greatly with some of the hard struggles that I’ve had in my life. I’ve had to go through a family divorce and moving houses many times because of family problems, and dance has helped me express my feelings through it all, allowing me to escape my hurtful emotions and giving me such a big outlook on the world at the same time. It has helped me in ways no one can imagine!

How do you want to use dance to be a positive influence on your community?

Dancing is a big way to get people together to have such a good time to forget about all the bad things. I feel like dancing will bring such joy to so many people because when you’re dancing there’s no care in the world. I feel like bringing dance to my community will bring us together making many people realize how close we can all be if we just work together as one.

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