Competitive intelligence

Competitive dancers take months upon months into preparation for a competition, and we don’t realize all it has affected us. My intention is to find out how much dancing competitively can change a dancers life and what it takes to keep up in the harsh world of dance. The question smokes in some aspiring dancer’s minds; what is competitive dance and should I or should I not participate? I have been dancing for thirteen years now, but I just came into the competitive world about five…

The task set is to identify the social-cognition concepts that are found in the characters behaviours and attitudes in the film, ‘Take the Lead’. Impression formation is when someone forms impressions of peoples charismas based on traits and behaviours. People can form impressions verbally, which involves what is said such as swearing, polite and/or formal language. An example of this is how Pierre, throughout the whole film, talks in a polite manner and never once raises his voice. His…

From the beginning of class till now, my interpretation of Jazz dance has evolved. Originally, I had no idea what Jazz dance was or what it consisted of. After being in the class for a couple of weeks now, my perception of Jazz dance is that it is an art style that involves multiple rhythms of the body, which coincides with music. To reiterate from the readings, I believe it is too complex to actually try to define what Jazz dance is, since everyone who performs it experiences it much…

athletes of God,” is what Albert Einstein said. He is absolutely right. Dance is a sport. That is what this article is going to prove to you during this essay. It will state reasons including that dance is a physical activity and requires skill, it is competitive, and dancers have to do everything that other athletes do. First off, let’s look at the definition of “sport”. A sport is “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess” according to dictionary.com. Dance fits this…

Before viewing this video, I have already seen Lindy Hop a few times before so I think I already have some good ideas about Lindy Hop. I thought Lindy Hop was a type of dance that is entertaining, fast and exciting. There are similarities between Lindy Hop and Breakaway but the difference is that Lindy Hop time spent in closed position. I knew that there are air steps in Lindy Hop. Additionally, I thought that Tap, Charleston, and Foxtrot influenced Lindy Hop. I also thought Lindy Hop was a type…

What are the fundamentals (elements) of hip-hop and what do they mean? In addition to those, what else do you remember being repeated over and over again? The three main hip hop elements are sharp movements, dancing into the ground, and musicality. Sharp and tense movements are a key characteristic of hip hop and without it hip hop looks very sloppy. Dancing into the ground is basically keeping it low and kind of being heavy and having big movements. Musicality is really important for hip hop…

The large speakers that surround the filled room begin to vibrate as the loud unknown voice begins to announce my name. I now know that it is my time to shine. While standing behind the long, red curtains I begin to do what comes natural; lifting my head as if I am looking above and beyond the ceiling that lies above me with a smile projecting from my face, standing tall with strong energy from my toes to the tips of my fingers and pushing my shoulders back to respectfully greet my judges. The…

Dancing and sports are fun activities that have been practiced for centuries around the world. The Oxford Dictionary defines a sport as, “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment”. By using this definition, many would consider dance to be named a sport. However, society labels all dance styles as a club or extracurricular activity. At first glance, dancers would say dance should be named a sport. But on…

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Lucy. She lived in a tiny town way up in the high desert where the air was cool and sweet as chili pepper ice cream. And Lucy loved a horse. She used to wake up every morning and go to bed every single night thinking of JUST ONE THING . . . Rex, The Wonder Horse. The most extraordinary horse in the whole wide world. It wasn 't easy having a friend like Rex. Wherever Rex and Lucy went, trouble followed ----lots of trouble. Although pretending was fun,…

We are only friends. I press to that fact, but still my heart beats a hundred times faster as we dance together. We had spent quite some time choreographing this dance together and here we are: the steps running into a well-rehearsed picture, the artists are us. And though there is no audience, we dance as if there are a thousand watching our every movement. As we move in synchronous, we stay close, always touching. Even as I pose pirouette away from him, he reaches out as if trying to stop me.…