People find entertainment from hobbies, social events, sports, or anything that sparks an interest in our minds. As a child, we form to what we enjoy. Young boys watched baseball with their dads because they just started T-ball. Young girls, like myself, watched professional dancers because they just started their first combo class. With young minds, come young thoughts that can be falsely advertised through any media source. Dance especially, harmful risks are hidden behind the beautiful artwork. When asked the question, “What is your knowledge of a dancer’s body image?” High school students answered what they thought based on stereotypes and media because they have no educational background of dance. Anthony Williams, Stephen Schmidt, and
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It is another job that expresses how people are. According to New York Times, Choreographer Myra Bazell states, “We’re striving for is to accept what’s honest, what’s nature, what’s sometimes organic to an extreme, or sometimes inorganic to such an extreme that it moves us” (“DANCE;”). Bazell believes that dance is beautiful because it is all natural or “organic and inorganic”. To her, she is moved when it becomes extreme and one can be emotionally touched just by movements that the dancer gives to the audience. She goes on to say that the ability to be moved by a dance is what she considers beautiful. Not the long, endless hours of rehearsals, or the aching pain, but the movements. From the same article, Manfred Fischbeck says, “When you look at somebody dancing, you see who that person is.” Fischbeck not only enjoys the choreography, but the story and personality one can receive from it. To him, that is the beauty of dancing; being able to know someone's story without being acquainted with them. Bazell and Fischbeck are not the only ones that think dance is beautiful no matter how it is created. From the men that were interviewed, to the multiple others in the New York Times article, many people are knowing of dance and what is able to do to the audience. They have a clear understanding that it is a professional career that takes time and effort, but does the audience know the exhaustion it has on dancers mental health, especially eating disorders? Unfortunately, it is common for people who enjoy dance to be uneducated about the
It is another job that expresses how people are. According to New York Times, Choreographer Myra Bazell states, “We’re striving for is to accept what’s honest, what’s nature, what’s sometimes organic to an extreme, or sometimes inorganic to such an extreme that it moves us” (“DANCE;”). Bazell believes that dance is beautiful because it is all natural or “organic and inorganic”. To her, she is moved when it becomes extreme and one can be emotionally touched just by movements that the dancer gives to the audience. She goes on to say that the ability to be moved by a dance is what she considers beautiful. Not the long, endless hours of rehearsals, or the aching pain, but the movements. From the same article, Manfred Fischbeck says, “When you look at somebody dancing, you see who that person is.” Fischbeck not only enjoys the choreography, but the story and personality one can receive from it. To him, that is the beauty of dancing; being able to know someone's story without being acquainted with them. Bazell and Fischbeck are not the only ones that think dance is beautiful no matter how it is created. From the men that were interviewed, to the multiple others in the New York Times article, many people are knowing of dance and what is able to do to the audience. They have a clear understanding that it is a professional career that takes time and effort, but does the audience know the exhaustion it has on dancers mental health, especially eating disorders? Unfortunately, it is common for people who enjoy dance to be uneducated about the