Paven

Full Article by Taylah Hanna

Paven Gill’s wealth of knowledge exceeds that of an average

twenty-two year old. His journey through dance has seen him

venture to Singapore, Japan and America, and nationally to

Sydney and Melbourne, gaining life experiences and connecting

with people. Along the way he has had many experiences which

he candidly shared in an interview with Urban Eye.

Paven started dancing at fifteen and told us it was the first time he found something he wanted to continue pursuing. Being inspired by Phillip Chbeeb (“Pacman”) and Brian Puspos, his willingness to excel pushed him to learn more, train harder, ultimately becoming a prominent figure in Perth’s urban dance community.

Recently mentoring a group of dancers, he wanted to inspire people to create more and give them the opportunity to think “What more can we do with dance?”, breaking the monotony of only taking class.

Travelling and dancing around the world opened up multiple opportunities to learn, take class, experience new things, do auditions and showcases. Paven said that it was all very memorable for him, but the most noteworthy is knowing that where ever you go you will always have a home as a dancer. 

“We go somewhere and [we say] ‘where do we go in this country?’ You can just go to a dance studio and you can make friends and talk to people who have the same experiences as you, because they’re all dancers and trying to grow as well,” he explained.

Paven’s next exciting adventure will see him move to Sydney to continue training and for a change in scenery, where he wants to find out more about life and about himself.
“I feel [that] with comfortability we stagnate our growth. So, I just want to go there, not even for dance, not for opportunities, not for this, not for that, but to experience life differently,” Paven said.

Another truth Paven shared was everyone needs to realise that we don’t have forever with each other, and we should be connecting and learning from each other while we can. Speaking about the adage “you never know what you have until it’s gone” he explained that he doesn’t want to live by that or for other people to live by it. 

“We should [say] ‘oh, we did appreciate what we had and now it’s gone, but that’s fine because we did appreciate it’ instead of not knowing what we had and then it’s gone,” he said.

Passionate about multiple creative outlets, his love for learning and sharing his knowledge is inspiring to all. Paven has no doubt about who he is and his choices in life, he explained that every decision is either based on love or fear - Fear disguising practicality and wanting to do something for other reasons, and love being what you truly want in that moment.

A lot has changed throughout the last few years and the biggest change has stemmed from learning about life. The key points of dancing, in Paven’s opinion, are the importance of communities, connecting with people, the power of dance and music, and the power of being kind to each other.

His final message is “be kind to one another, everything else will follow”

Thank you for your influence, Paven, Perth will miss you.

  

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