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Hi
My name is Ricki Gonzalez
I’m 23 years old. I live in Norrköping
I love to dance, I’m creative, I love to be funny
At the beginning I didn’t decided to start a dance group
But then I saw that many children were interested
I asked around in the school where I work,
if someone want to make a dance video with me
Some were hooked
We started to rent a space where we could train
and we trained and all that
Then I got injured in the middle of it all
one week before we were suppose to shoot
I went to them and asked
"do you still want to do do this?"
Yeah, let’s do this!
So we went to school on a sunday
We opened up everything we recorded one dance
That’s when we made Pam Pam
And then we made another one,
because the children were so amazing
So we recorded two dances, two songs in one day
We published that one, and then we published another one
and then I thought I could send out an invitation
on the school, to see if someone wanted to
make one more song.
We sent out the invitation to the whole school
23 children were on board.
“We want to make a dance!”
"Alright, let’s do it!"
I made a logo with a friend
We wrote down a lot of autographs
We used it in the logo
Then I went to Jacobs Ram&Reklam
Asked them to print black t-shirts with this logo
Put it on the t-shirts and then we made, that one dance
Next dance, more children joined and then more and more and more
Every Sunday when we have practice a lot of children came
Sometimes new ones Sometimes same ones
You could see when they came on their bikes and shouts
“RICKI!”
“EISSA!”
We booked places to host shows
We were asked to do dance performances
We had our own shows and all that
I have always felt since I damaged my cruciate ligament
I have felt for a while that, this is not good
I got a call from the hospital
We made an annual control
We x-rayed me
The result showed that the infection in my knee
had taken a part a of my cartilage
So my doctor told me “Ricki, you won’t be able to dance again!"
I understand that is it tough
And I understand that it is hard decision
I regret that I haven’t done this earlier when I was healthy
I could have mixed my zumba with the dance group
I could have started a company, unions
I could have done a lot of things with other people
But, now I’m here, and I can’t do anything about it
because I’m not allowed to do it
Because I’m injured
It is a tough decision, but I have made an great dance group
If I haven't injured my cruciate ligament
Then I would never had started a dance group
That’s the thing!
I wish I didn’t injured my cruciate ligament
but then I would not have a dance group
This love I have received during this short period of time
I have never felt that before when it comes to dance
I feel the progress the children are making
their leadership, their behaviour, how they connect with each other.
The amount of respect they receive in school from being a part of FDK
The younger children looks up to them
I have never encountered something this amazing
to be able to do this on the school where I work
and on my spare time, and still love it equally.
Even the worst days, I still love it
Because it is family
You feel the happiness, it’s not a dance group
It’s a family.
I have started something totally different than before
There are many things that will happen in the future
even if I’m not able to do it in the same way as before
I will teach myself
To be able to adopt myself to still be able to teach the children
But in a different way than I have done it before
I do not want to give up what I have created
I feel that this is only the beginning
Even with the looks of the knee
I don’t care I feel that
The joy the children receive
parents
to be able to make these dance videos
To do all these things in the city
People see us People look up to us
That is the happiness that I wish to bring forth
I regret nothing