Jetlagged after a redeye from San Francisco, without caffeine to alleviate our early-morning exhaustion in a tranquil Virginian meadow, my teammates and I managed to stay attentive to assemble our model rocket for a practice launch before facing the top national aerospace teams competing for the title of Team America Rocketry Challenge champion. With our rocket in hand, my teammate stared at me with a blank expression, silently asking what’s the next step? Rather than explaining the procedure, I exclaimed, “Do the dance!” Recalling the choreography I taught her to remember the steps for assembling our rocket, she swung a cupped hand over her head then made a fist and lowered it back in front of her, which signified the first step of removing the rocket nose and placing the payload inside. After some movements she said, “I remember! Pack the parachute in the
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From a young age, as a little girl who was initially forced to do ballet, dancing has opened up a level of creativity where I can challenge, strengthen, and utilize the art of dance in all realms of learning, from the stage to the classroom to my own introspection. Through movement, dance has allowed me to express my emotions, thoughts, and even words – as demonstrated in my “rocketry dance” – and emancipate myself from physical and mental confinement. Throughout high school I joined Mexican Folklorico and the Bollywood and Tahitian dance clubs, which intensified a passion for learning movement of different techniques, forms, and cultures. I challenged my own ability by creating my own movements and sharing that personal choreography with others. Performing at school assemblies washed adrenaline waves over me as I shared a personal choreography while the dancing made me feel skilled with grace, rhythm, and art. I cherish the joy of learning choreography, so I use of the joy of choreography to
From a young age, as a little girl who was initially forced to do ballet, dancing has opened up a level of creativity where I can challenge, strengthen, and utilize the art of dance in all realms of learning, from the stage to the classroom to my own introspection. Through movement, dance has allowed me to express my emotions, thoughts, and even words – as demonstrated in my “rocketry dance” – and emancipate myself from physical and mental confinement. Throughout high school I joined Mexican Folklorico and the Bollywood and Tahitian dance clubs, which intensified a passion for learning movement of different techniques, forms, and cultures. I challenged my own ability by creating my own movements and sharing that personal choreography with others. Performing at school assemblies washed adrenaline waves over me as I shared a personal choreography while the dancing made me feel skilled with grace, rhythm, and art. I cherish the joy of learning choreography, so I use of the joy of choreography to