Competitive dance

Acceptance in a community is crucial for a healthy, fulfilling life. In Dancer and Shinny Game that Melted the Ice, an examination of the protagonists; Clarissa and “the one who went away”, and the mood in the stories effectively set the tone for the importance of belonging. The authors use of symbols, mood and character traits demonstrate this importance of belonging in a family, whether it be biological or not. Clarissa, a young foster girl from an Assiniboine tribe came to live with a new…

Cheerleading is performed all around the world at schools, universities, gymnasiums. (Google’s definition) “Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate in competitions”. Cheerleaders wear uniforms, girls wear skirts and tops and cheer shoes,…

that a sport, then hopefully I can give you some insight why me along with many others around the nation consider cheer a sport. According to dictionary.com, a sport is an athletic activity that requires physical prowess of skill and often a competitive nature. I won’t be offended, but how many of you think of a bunch of good-looking…

Eating disorders creep around dance studios, waiting for the next victim to tightly latch on to. Society hears about eating disorders quite frequently, however the dance world encounters them almost every day. People who truly care about ballerinas and young women in the ballet world understand the struggle to avert dancers from eating disorders. When dancers are told they look “too womanly” a dancer’s mind automatically takes a hint to lose weight (Hamilton 28). Choreographers, directors, and…

revolution in the way of dance and therapy. Hermes expressed in an interview with Emazinglights, who is one of the major gloving suppliers, “gloving is actually a new way of dancing…when they see it, it blows their mind.” Gloving has been picked up by music video directors, talent show recruits and even movie gigs. With this new exposure that gloving is receiving, Emazinglights and many other companies take advantage of the new craze and release new gloves to be competitive to other companies.…

Paseo is a ritual where the natives, usually the young singles, go door to door to visit all of the leaders of the community in the middle of the night and get served hot soup, trago, and coca. After sharing these treats with each other the visitors dance the sargento for the leaders. This happens at many different stops to meet with all the Runakuna leaders, the final being the president, who at the time was Don Luis. This ritual is held for five weeks, every Sunday, for the weeks that lead up…

its exercise. It’s also pride and self-respect especially dealing with performance and training. When it comes to performing in front of other cheerleaders. It give you a chance to show yourself and others how well you can perform. Training for a competitive cheerleader is way tougher than any other sport or activity. Training can take weeks or days because you get to…

Is Cheerleading a Sport or Just an Activity? Did you know that 25% of the money spent on student sport injuries in 2005 where from cheerleading? This shows that it is very dangerous just like other sports. Cheer is a sport where you learn dance routines and cheers. You cheer for a football or basketball team, but you can also go to competitions. One thing about cheer is there are a lot of possible injuries like broken bones and even concussions. In cheer you stunt which is where people are…

chalk; never tears.” These words have guided my gymnastics career throughout high school. Pretty much starting from the beginning, I had to re-learn many skills and tricks that I had lost after quitting gymnastics for dance lessons in fifth grade instead of joining the competitive team. I lived for gymnastics and I still do. Walking into the gym always boosts my mood and gives me a rush of determination. As I began to re-master trick after trick that first year, kips and back handsprings…

Discovering your personal learning style is the beginning step to a successful education. Once you uncover how you learn, you will find that you are able to learn much better. After taking the VARK questionnaire, I have discovered that I am a multimodal learner. According to the Oxford Dictionary (2016), multimodal is defined as being “characterized by several different modes of activity or occurrence”. In simpler terms, it means that my learning preferences include visual, aural,…