Acro dance

Growing up, I took ballet once or twice a week. I had an instructor at my old studio who really gave me my ballet foundation when I was young. I finally realized how important ballet was when I was in eighth grade or about freshman year of high school. However, I had no classes available for me to take besides twice a week with the same instructor. When I moved studios senior year of high school, I started taking ballet 3-4 times per week with an instructor that really educated, pushed, and…

Eight-year-old Lucy hesitated as she approached the pull-up bar, reluctant to proceed. Skills-tests started today; the day she would demonstrate her progress at TAG Gymnastics' summer program. Uncertain of her own skills, Lucy studied her fellow gymnasts as they prepared for their turn. The girls, self-assured and wearing perfectly-fitted leotards, were built for gymnastics: long, lean, and athletic. To pull themselves up and over the well-worn, padded bar would be easy for them. They had…

love with dance by starting by describing the first time I saw the Nutcracker ballet. I pointed to the stage and said, “I want to do that.” I was a toddler and I found my passion. From that moment all the way to my freshman year of college, I thrived on the dedication and joy that ballet brought to my life. Spending my dance career from age three to nineteen studying ballet, I decided to expand my dance training. Trying out for my college’s dance team provided a different approach to dance than…

more important at this time? Why? In the 19th century men had the dominant role in society, though this was changed in the dance world with the arrival of the Romantic Era. The female dancers dominated the stage and engaged with the audience in a manner never before seen in the theatre. This was due to the development of the Pointe shoe, it was a milestone in classical dance that gave the female dancer an advantage over males. The audiences were fascinated with the dancers ability to stand on…

Throughout teenage years, we are often asked where we want to go and what we want to do with our short time on Earth. When faced with this question, most people reply with a very specific list of their hopes and dreams. However, what happens when your life takes an unexpected turn or you are forced to take a leap of faith but don't land where you wanted? You, along with everyone else in this world, has wanted something they can't have at one point, and it usually ends in disappointment. Having…

Chris Hurst Professor Hayman Composition 1 12 Dec. 2015 How often do you see someone attempting a “kick flip,” a “pop-shuvit” or “grinding a longboard”? People often ask what the difference is between skateboarding and longboarding. Aren’t they the same? Isn’t one just a longer board that can’t do tricks? Skate- and longboards serve different purposes and those purposes affect the differences in designs. Skateboarding was very big in California and in Hawaii and started in the 1940s. At first…

From the age of three, I loved ballet more than any of the other styles of dance or other extracurricular activities. I remember being backstage for dance recitals and looking up at the “big girls” with their beautiful pointe shoes. They would stand all the way on the tips of their toes and twirl around so easily. For years I would watch, mesmerized, dreaming of being a real ballerina and wearing my own pointe shoes. As my technique improved, my love of ballet grew. I looked at pictures and…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs celebrated his birthday with a glamorous party that was attended by both Tyga and Kylie Jenner’s relatives. The 46-year-old American rapper Combs was born on Nov. 4, 1969 and decided to organize a huge event on Nov. 21, Saturday, for all of his celebrity friends to come together. Likewise, famous celebrity couple Beyonce and Jay Z were spotted together at Combs’ birthday bash, according to E! Online. “Monster” singer Kanye West also made an appearance at Beverly Hills.…

photograph from the ballet displayed in the brochure for the upcoming season. The greater portion of the dancing in this work, however, is likewise atypical of what patrons are used to at NYCB. Justin Peck’s “sneaker ballet” is a work of contemporary dance instead of a ballet. Divergent opinions about its quality and value are, therefore, naturally unsurprising. Even though I am as unfamiliar with this kind of dancing as anyone could possibly be, I happen to find The Times Are Racing rousing and…

always been the stage. And for those pursuing a degree from The University of Alabama’s Department of Theatre and Dance, their home, their stage does if fact span all the world—to performances of Hamilton and Kinky Boots and standing ovations at productions in Scotland and Ecuador. “We have been on a great run these past few years,” Bill Teague, professor and chair of UA’s Theatre and Dance Department, said. “Our students really have major accomplishments in the entertainment business, and…