Dance Research Paper

Dance has been a part in my life ever since I was little. I’ve learned useful skills that have prepared me for my future. There was a situation in particular that taught me how to become a better leader and a strong person. Girl conflicts are very common in an environment where many girls are involved such as school, a cheer team, or even a dance team. I first started dancing at a local dance studio in my neighborhood. I started out in routine classes because I wanted to get to know new people. I ended up meeting a lot of great girls, and just being five years old; I never encountered conflicts.
Years later the girls and I were participating on the competition team at the dance studio. As a group, we were getting to enjoy experiencing new things such as traveling around and spending long weekends together at dance conventions. One girl and I in particular started to become really great friends. We spent every waking moment together and she ended up becoming like such a sister to me. We learned a lot of things about each other that we never knew before. One interesting thing that I learned was that she has had previous conflicts with a fellow team member of ours. She confided in me that she was extremely …show more content…
While we had done nothing wrong, she had an urge to make our lives miserable. Between creating rumors about my best friend that weren’t true or turning all of her supposed good friends behind her back, it didn’t stop. In my case, she decided to continue doing the same thing to me. Internally, it was very disappointing to me in particular that I was being attacked for trying to protect someone. Both my friend and I kept coming back to the same conclusion of just quitting dance to avoid these conflicts. My heart was shattered at the thought of stopping something that I love for the likes of one person. Soon, I thought of a better way to deal with the