My Experience Of Dance

Jayann Purcell

Five years ago I was a dancer who enjoyed being the center of attention. I wanted to be a phenomenal performer in all aspects of the art. I finally found my niche. I knew I wanted to do something within the field of art. I tried out for chorus and drama but those two arts worked as apart of a whole. If you were given a role in a play it was only for a brief scene. If you were picked to sing solo it was only for a limited amount of time. Nobody had a chance to really be seen or heard. I wanted all eyes on me. I was already an experienced dancer at Albee Dance School. I was enrolled in Hip Hop, Gymnastics and African dance. I wanted to do something outside of the box. The owner of the company recommended me to sign up for a new class called …show more content…
We also worked on how to complement each other’s dancing style. This genre of dance was nothing like I had ever experienced before. Every movement had to be tight and precise. In African Dance movements are sharper and require more hip and arm motions. In hip hop movements were looser and feel sexy or cool. Modern dance was a watered down version of ballet. We had to appear light and graceful but we had to dance with purpose. Our performance had to be captivating. I remember the instructor always told us to hold our butts in; that would help us hold our position. It was all about balance and clean-cut motions. I had terrible balance but she whipped me into shape real fast. Every time she taught us something new and I messed up she made us do it all over again. Everybody would be punished. That is how she reminded us that we are one and we must dance as one. She had a long stick and every time we slouched she hit our back with it. Good posture was essential. We had to carry ourselves like queens. Learning modern dance was a wonderful experience it was about uplifting women well at least I felt uplifted. I was walking taller and everybody