Thoughts of a dancer
Vadim Garbuzov
Vadim Garbuzov is a Canadian and Austrian ballroom dancer, showman and choreographer of Ukrainian descent. He was the World Youth Championship finalist in 2005, the winner of the Austrian TV program Dancing Stars in 2012, 2014 and 2020, and the professional world champion in Latin and Standard show dance 2015-2017. Currently, he is a Pro on the German TV Show Let’s Dance.Besides, Vadim is writing poetry, essays and other genres. This is the full collection of his writing works as of the end of 2023.
Vadim Garbuzov
Thoughts of a dancer
A verse on cars
When I was a little kid,
I used to drive my cars a bit.
Chevrolets Pontiacs
And very little tiny trucks.
Now I’m attending school
And my car is always cool –
Either Civic or Accord.
Or just very fancy Ford.
Soon I’ll get a better job
As a lawyer or a cop.
With all pride and full rejoice
I will purchase new Rolls-Royce.
Vadim Garbuzov, 1996
To dad’s birthday 99
Happy birthday, dad!
You never have a bed.
There was a time when you and mama were lawfully wed.
When I go to Ukraine,
I’m gonna experience pain.
I feel that your spirit is never gonna die.
Besides I’ve only once seen you cry.
You are going bold
And you have been told:
– Hey, at least you won’t grow mold
Bye-bye!
And please don’t cry.
Vadim Garbuzov, 9th of August, 1999
Tofather’sbirthday 2000
Колись ми, тату, ходили в Riley Park.
Спочатку Canada була a little dark.
Ми стрибали, плавали i мали собi fun.
And now I guess the fun is already done.
I rode my bike to school and then to other places.
We went there not to sit at home.
Пердiти is a good word I used to hear a lot,
It’s just like many people like doing lots of pot.
When Vadik sold a car, he usually made some money.
And now he probably thinks that stuff is just funny.
You usually did not have luck in buying or selling a car.
You get more money than selling car by far.
Another poem I will give you in time I think,
But now I’m gonna go and get myself a drink.
Vadim Garbuzov, 9th of August, 2000
Merry Christmas to you, my humble family!..
Merry Christmas to you, my humble family!
I don’t think this is how Christmas has to be.
We should all gather around
And announce what we have found.
We should talk about the sky.
And the wisdom filled ground.
– In the church we must rejoice, –
Always tells us Sister Ruth.
In the church we have no choice,
But to witness the holy truth,
In Canada we eat turkey,
In Ukraine we drink Champaign.
In America beef jerky,
In Africa food from the drain.
I hope you get what I’m trying to say,
But if you still, don’t you will some other day.
I will finish this tomorrow, for sure not today.
And when I do, you’ll be amazed what I say.
Vadim Garbuzov, 24th of December, 2000
To father’s birthday 2001
Found a job I see,
We congratulate you with our big family.
I know you feel much better and stable,
Because now you’ll afford to buy yourself cable!
Now it’s the time to learn some more,
And in a break between that visit a corner store.
You will stay in Vancouver,
Or go to New York
And maybe Hong Kong to eat some Chinese pork.
Vancouver is perfect,
You can work and relax,
It’s kind of villagelike but,
It’s not like you have to work with an axe.
37 years old –
It’s not an old age.
When you turn 40,
In the book of your life
It will be the next page.
I will try dancing,
It might work out.
But the main thing is not to do anything you doubt.
Who knows what might happen?
Iet’s not fortune tell.
Let’s live our life and say what the Hell!
Vadim Garbuzov, August, 2001, 2009–2010
To father’s birthday 2002
When in life the bad situation comes,
It’s payment for the good times before.
There comes the time when we realize
That good and bad even out their score.
All ups and downs in life
Make a path to our goal.
It’s up to us to decide,
Which way we must fall.
My dance teacher says,
– It’s everything in our hands.
We have to drop all the foolishness
Or we can wait until it just ends.
I’m already old enough,
To understand all those things,
But this is just a small fraction
Of all that life to us brings.
Vadim Garbuzov, August, 2002
Around us
With all the schemes around us
We mustn’t fall apart.
There’s lots of things that may be
Going on inside our heart.
It’s all the opposition.
We face to reach our goal.
Oh, yes! They want to get us.
They want to tear our soul.
It’s nature of mankind –
To think of him, himself.
We travel through the skies
Of life in our Stealth.
When we see a target,
That’s blocking our way.
Sometimes we turn invisible
And by bit fire away.
The smoke from it increases,
The life around gets weak,
And some of the beloved ones
Start choking cheek to cheek.
VadimGarbuzov, September, 2003
Маме
Вот какая жизнь, сюрпризы за сюрпризом.
То котик убежал, то не открыли визу.
То этот поленился, то эта вновь с капризом.
То скайтрейн рядом строят, соседи злятся снизу.
Но если так подумать, куда же нам деваться?
На все закрыть глаза и по-канадски улыбаться?
Мы можем принимать всерьёз и сильно угнетаться,
А можем стоять за себя и защищаясь драться.
О, мама, ты же сильная, ты – сильное звено.
Так мама, будь счастливая, знай, мне не все равно.
Будь смелою с проблемами, встречай их лоб-на-лоб.
Тогда придёт и радость как праздничный пирог.
Проблемы – это тест, контрольная от бога.
Не угнетайся, мама, их в жизни будет много.
Вадим c любовью маме в День Рождения, 11 июля 2004
Останнi почуття
Став слухати я рок.
Щоб стати сатанiстом – перший крок.
О, який для всiх це був би шок!
Впливае на мене це оточення.
Можливо, це емоцiйне вiдродження.
Бажаю волi я до знеможення.
Хочу я волi в своiх почуттях,
Звiльнюю думки я у вiршах,
Бо видiляюсь я в сiрих рядах.
Вирiс не так я, як бiльшiсть дiтей:
Багато сварок, грошi, Андрей…
Скiльки було в нас поганих iдей…
Змiнююсь я, дорослим стаю,
Іншу музику вже я люблю.
Гадаю, за це не накажуть в раю.
Вмикаю я плеер, коли вже час спати,
Набридло менi цю книжку читати.
I десь двi години рок буде грати.
Гiтара гучна,
Спiвачка це зна,
Несе мене в сон солодкий вона.
Вадим Гарбузов, 22 серпня 2004
Dancing
Dancing is a way of life,
Dancing is contagious.
Dancing is oh such a hype,
Some would say outrageous.
Dancing is meeting a friend,
Sometimes with you forever.
Dancing is a cool new trend,
For those who can be clever.
Dancing is to open up,
To let lose all your feelings.
Dancing is to get lit up,
And jump up to the ceiling.
Dancing can be lots of fun,
So come into our world.
Imagine your lives just begun.
Let the emotions whirl.
Vadim Garbuzov, 14 March 2005
To Vika’s birthday
Vika you are 20, soon 21.
There are so many things which you still haven’t done.
Many competitions still need to be won.
You have never held
In your hand a gun.
You never had problems from which you had to run.
Look forward to the future.
For sure you will have fun.
We met two years ago.
I came to your party.
We moved with the flow.
We then became naughtier.
Together we have been
through all these special times.
A part they’ll be forever.
Of both of our great lives.
I like that, you are positive.
You’re always nice to me.
I’ll hope that you will always.
Keep your sincerity.
Somehow, I know you’re worried
Of how things will turn out.
Your mind shouldn’t get buried.
Under the dust of doubt.
You are a special person.
You should never cry.
I don’t want to hurt you.
I don’t want to lie.
To me you are my darling.
You shine like the sun.
For sure now you must know,
That you’re my number one.
Vadim Garbuzov, 7 August 2007
Passages
(written after Vadim by his father Boris)
General Passages and Drafts
* * *
Old American smoking in a car. – I have to quit smoking. … But maybe I can keep smoking. I saw a film “Smoke”. That’s OK.
* * *
Old women in the airport. – Oh, my goodness! Last time I have been to the airport in 1957. Things so much changed since then!
* * *
У нас во время конкурсов пол охраняется вышибалами, говорит Вадик и импровизирует псевдодиалог.
– Куда ты идешь?
– Хочу потанцевать.
– Нельзя. Я работаю на секьюрити, 10 лет просидел в тюрьме, 5 долларов и ты на паркете с любым заходом.
* * *
В машине я, Вадик, Наташа и Надя. Я везу всех к Наташе домой. Наташа недоверчиво критикует мою манеру вождения, противопоставляя мне уверенного в дороге Юру. Вадик так это пародирует. Cначала: "шш…", типа как шум рации.
– Yura, we are already 50 blocks away, but Boris is still not turning. Yura, we turned to 16th, but I do not think we are going to make it home tonight. Please save us. You are the only Communist I know of. We can not trust these democrats.
* * *
Там же в машине. Мы поравнялись с джипом. В нем пара лет сорока. Бородатый мужчина с выпученными глазами выгдядит немного озабоченным. Вадик наделяет его голосом:
– Martha, do not look at them! Just pretend you do not see them!
Sponsorship passages and drafts
* * *
– Where is your coach?
– Right now, he is using an opportunity of making $60 an hour.
* * *
Dancing boss. We anticipated first real chance.
– We are dancers, and we know that you too… We are looking for sponsorship…
– How did you get into the building?
* * *
The organization takes them for a delegation from Holland.
– So much garbage here. This room is bad.
– We are not from Holand, but we have been there.
* * *
We walk into the Hershey Corporation of chocolates knowing we are not going to get any sponsorship, but feeling hungry and in hope to try some chocolates. We do not tell it to each other but know it in our minds and recognize each other’s look. As we go in there, many important people go around waiting for the meeting. We see the receptionist and Vadim starts telling her the speech we learned by heart forever and used for thousand of times in other companies. “.. We are Canadian Champions… looking for sponsorship”. While he is speaking, he looks at the dish of chocolates on the left side not concentrating on the receptionist. In the middle of the speech, he totally starts telling the speech to the chocolates as if they were to sponsor him. The receptionist interrupts him: “You can help yourself”
* * *
Vadim and Nadiya approach the important law office. The receptionist listens to them and calls to the manager: “There are to people from, sorry, what is your organization?”– “Ballroom dance association”. – Bowling association. So, they are looking for you’re funding.” We hear very angry response on the phone. She with embarrassment that we are listening, turns to us, makes a nice face and says: “You can drop off your promotional materials, pamphlets and flyers so committee can look at it at their meeting next year?”
We have so many business cards with notes “call next year”, “call in two years” … So, we imagined what could happen in 10 years if they suddenly call us back when the sport gets popular, they start to get interested in it, and we already drop dancing by then.
Vadim Garbuzov around 2002
Note on judging criteria in arts
In Bratislava we did fine – 2 in St and 3 in Lat and decided to try Adult Standard after good Youth and were 8th out of 33. I did not see so much corruption before. We, thanks to God, were in good position, by points we are first in Austria Youth in all 3 programs from today. But in general, at this competition, they left the best couple in semi-final, the semi-finalist couple they made first and second couple they made fourth. Horror! And they say Ukraine is politicized. I regret that it is hard to achieve in dance fully honestly. You can be best, but the other can easily say that marked you down because he is looking for other criteria in dance. Who will accuse him for that? It is also bad that in our business there are no exact criteria of victory as in run or long jumping. They can define for real who won. But the art is all like that. I, for example, do not see what is so good in Mona Lisa. These are all intricacies of our job. An artist can find the beauty in ugliness and make it still better. We, people of art, bust use our artistic intuition as opposed to scientists, where only calculation works. One should not enter the dance vocation with IQ lower than 100. It is all silly when they say that he just dances. If he achieved something, if he amazes people and they long to him, then he is not simply dancing, but uses full-size his brain, constantly finds out new things and works with his body not less than some athletes. I say it not about myself, but about art as a whole.
Vadim Garbuzov, 10 September, 2004
Personal thoughts
Nobody can achieve perfection; the path is endless and ongoing. The closer we get the smaller our movement towards perfection becomes. The changes that we make become towards improvement are more petite in size.
At the level of the top three couples in the highest categories, we don’t see a big change in their performance from year to year in Blackpool. It’s the couples that have a long way to go to the top that can make a huge improvement from competition to competition in the duration of one week sometimes.
Having achieved a very high level we will witness only small changes in the dancer’s overall performance and they themselves (dancers) don’t know if it’s for the better or for the worse.
Vadim Garbuzov, Saturday, 9 October, 2004
Siebrand world Latin trophy 2005
In the dancing world, apart from the traditional competitions couples attend at their own cost, there are invitational competitions paid by the organizer. This competition is one of the veterans in the invitational world. It’s been around for about 20 years and many of the greats of the competitive dance scene such as Marcus and Karen Hilton have attended this event.
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