Ballerina

When I was a little girl, I used to love to read stories. Whether it was long or short, it didn 't matter much to me as long as there were words on the page, if I could physically hold the book and if it had the occasional illustrated picture in it. I even loved to do the summer reading program that we had at our local library because it gave out prizes to kids for their achieved specific reading goals. But now I believed that I read stories solely for the purpose of not having anything else to…

because I decided to wear the hijab for the first time to school. That morning before school started I must have changed my outfit about a dozen times everything needed to look perfect. I wore a fuchsia colored blouse with flowers long black skirt and ballerina slippers I was dressed to impress. Today was the day i show everyone at school the new me. I remember from an early age I always wanted to be more like my mother. And one of the things that made me feel more like her was walking around…

Throughout our daily lives, equality is becoming an over exaggerated idea. There are constantly articles talking about unequal pay wages, gender and racial inequality. Everyone is striving for equality but nobody truly knows what would happen if it would be achieved. Kurt Vonnegut tries to illustrate what full equality would look like by making it the main focus point of life in a futuristic society. The short story, “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, presents a futuristic dystopia in which…

performance level to be seen low and my movements to look very lazy. During my spring semester of Ballet II last year, learning a ballet variation in class helped me tremendously when knowing when to look out at the audience and to present yourself as a ballerina. Knowing that my arms are a good length and being an average individual, I am been told that I need to lengthen my arms to allow my movements to seem bigger than they are. The use of my Épaulement during exercises helps me to also focus…

here!” and picks her up (she told Jim to “stop it”) and they laughed and walked away. Edward, of course, felt discouraged and went off to cut some giant bonsai-like trees into decorative shapes (these ranged from stars to clowns to dinosaurs to ballerinas) and this is where his artistic skills were noticed by some peoples of the neighbourhood; Word had gotten around that Edward had done a spectacular job at cutting a dog’s hair perfectly, and soon everyone in Suburbia wanted their dog’s or dogs’…

she saw my connection to ballet. I loved ballet and I enjoyed learning the movements. Unfortunately, as I grew older I suffered from severe stage fright, so I stopped dancing. Although I did not stop admiring ballet, I decorated my room in a ballerina theme, I went and watched many performances as well. From my admiration of ballet, I have learned a lot about the history, types of ballets, types of moves, and process of becoming a ballet dancer. Ballet in the dictionary is characterized as…

Black Swan was a thriller that displayed the struggle for perfection of being a ballet dancer and as an overall person .Throughout the film Darren Aronofsky used the idea that certain techniques are suited to the treatment of themes such as how perfection is unattainable and how obsession is destructive. The movie is inspired by the ballet production Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky where a princess is turned into a swan she fell in love with a prince and is put under a spell by the evil…

There are different labels on eating habits; some are unhealthy, while others are just specific to a certain person’s tastes or schedule. Every person has different eating habits, whether it’s being a vegetarian, vegan, meat only, or whether they eat one time a day versus those who eat five times a day. Some people go overboard, or under you could say. Eating habits are the basis of our nutritional intake. Some people prefer to eat many times a day, thinking it will rev up their metabolism,…

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are both eating disorders featuring lack of self-control. Functionally, anorexia nervosa seems to be excessive control regarding caloric intake; however, there is a lack in keeping a balanced diet. Conversely, bulimia nervosa leads to episodes of bingeing and purging. In either case, there is a fundamental emotional rift and a possible underlying mood or personality disorder; someone battling anorexia may alternately battle bulimia also. Whatever the…

The Trance of The Piano Man “Sing us a song you 're the piano man, sing us a song tonight.” Here I am laying on my cot, listening to my one of my favourite songs. Whatever grievances I was still holding onto now seems like an insignificant speck; whether it be homework, exams or even my social life. The absolutely captivating words of Billy Joel are hypnotic, and before I know it I slowly drift asleep falling under the Piano Man’s trance. I opened my eyes, disoriented and dazed; with no idea…