That calls for a terrific strength of character. It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun the joy of dance. The teacher doesn't teach, not really. The teacher offers stimulation and ways in which the person can educate himself or herself. At best the teacher wakes up that person and makes a person hungry.
Dancers work and live from the inside.
Music is in our hearts from the beginning. You are a performer. You forget all you learned, the process of technique, the fear, the pain, you even forget who you are you become one with the music, the lights, indeed one with the dance. I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words. If not then no matter, go right on doing what you love.