Dance Research Paper

Dancing has been apart of my life since I was nearly three years old. When I was younger I would do dance at the community center, but as I grew older I moved to a studio. I have been at two dance studios my entire life, one better for me than the other. My first studio started off great, I made the company, I had very many friends, and I loved dancing and being there. Unfortunately, this only lasted a year or two. One summer before tryouts for the company, I told my mom I did not want to dance anymore and I wanted to cheer. My mom was willing to let me do what I want, but my dance teacher's pushed for me to go, so I went. The year following this in dance was absolutely awful. This year was the first year I entered into a leveled class, making it a bigger deal. I was dancing …show more content…
When my mom stepped in, since I was only 10, the director told her I was very lazy and bad. This obviously hurt my feelings very much, and made me want to give up completely. After this situation, I found that it would be better if I moved studios into a more positive environment. When I found my potential new studio I was very nervous; what if I did not have any friends or hated it? I visited it many times before going, and me and my mom finally made the decision to enroll me at this dance studio. To this day, I still dance here. My studio is one of the most positive studios in my area. I do not know one person that feels bad about themselves or like they are not good enough because of the staff. I know that my challenge of the teachers at my old studio helped me today to motivate myself to be a better dancer. I took a negative situation and walked away into better things. I know that today I am a better dancer than I would have been if I stayed in the negative atmosphere at my old studio. I learned that I should not give up in hard situations because there is always a way to make a bad situation