Ceremonial dance

completely present while seemingly in her own world. The street becomes hers. A black cat looks on from its red, wooden window box. Its expression turns amused as people hum and birds whistle with the girl, in perfect pitched. They step to her beat, dance with her dance, twirling as she twirls, bags and briefcases swinging in coordination. Then, she turns a corner off the street, her black hair being the last the people see of her. They slow to a standstill, looking at one another for the first…

boyfriend Sean 'Diddy' even gave her a shout out for her killer moves. But it seems Nicki Minaj was not one of the people who were blown away by her performance. On Sunday, the 46 year old Jennifer Lopez opened the prestigious event with her fierce dance tribute. She rocked the stage with a set of mix soundtracks that are notably the hottest songs of the year. But when she started popping on Nicki Minaj's Anaconda, the rapper's facial expression was actually caught on camera. Many critics…

Theatre is a great way to seek entertainment. Although theatre has many forms of art not many people know about them. As I learn more and more about the many arts of theatre I become more intrigued to explore every theatrical performance possibly out there. My latest experience of theatre was in Austin, Texas. I got the opportunity to attend the Esther’s Follies, a modern day vaudeville theatre. Some quick words to describe this fast pace performance is; colorful, magical, and filled multiple…

Mock Trial, and also spent time at Young Women’s Book Club. In addition to that, I also tried out for and made the Warriorettes, my school’s student-led dance team. In my sophomore year, those clubs certainly took time, but not enough that I was running around like a crazed person from school, to a club meeting, to my dance classes at Encore Dance Center three nights a week for four hours, to my house to get my homework done. I even accomplished another goal in May – I was inducted into my…

I grew up playing sports. I have done it all from playing volleyball to taking ballet. I am the furthest thing from being an artist. My specialty is stick figures. I have never understood the fascination of art. I cannot look at a drawing or a painting and see a story behind it. To me paint is paint and pencil is pencil. I am hoping to change that. The article from Art News titled, “Habitat: Alex Dodge,” is a look into Alex’s studio in New York. He uses art in a different way than I am…

After taking a year off, the Theatre Department has decided to bring their famous Haunted Theatre back this Halloween. The theme of the event remains a secret, but soon enough the advertisements will come out revealing the scary theme. Everyone from school was invited to participate in the theatre classes; Advanced Theatre and P&P that are organizing it. Auditions were held on September 19th and 20th after school and during class. The theatre teacher asked for each student to improvise different…

My Life in Music The aching pain vibrating in my chest is a constant reminder that in about thirty seconds I will be singing to more than seven thousand people. The sweat sliding down my forehead makes me realize how nervous I am. My lips are about to sing the beautiful italian words from the song, “Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento” written by the famous author Giovanni Paisiello. Every performance, prior to performing I am in this constant state. It is what I like to call, “the state of the…

of transposing a traditional ballet into another style of dance while maintaining the plot of and similar choreography to the original ballet. This project would challenge everyone involved to interpret a well-known, classical ballet differently than one would usually interpret it, and it would also draw on my own creativity in the process of changing the ballet into another style of dance. I would choose to do this project because dance is an integral part of my life…

Do you think high school dances should play music with curse words? I Think we should have music with curse words at our school dances because mostly everyone knows the words anyways. Another thing is because mostly every rap and R&B music artist and music producer says these words. The finish off my reasonings 85% of the school already uses these curse words daily. To start off, at school dances is a privilege to go to and have fun with friends. They shouldn’t have to play little kids music.…

I am a quitter. At least, that’s what my artistic director wanted me to believe. May 2016 marked the conclusion of my final season as a professional ballerina. I went to my artistic director’s office for the annual contract meeting. As we evaluated the season-to-date and I was given the floor to express my future intentions, I explained my desire to leave the art, illustrating I wanted more in life, including a college education. The artistic director’s reaction was one of shock, saying to me…