Dance moves

dancing and having to manage other jobs for the money. Venturing out to New York, the biggest factor contributing to the rise of dancers in the collapse of the modern dance economy in the early 1990s. Here and there are audition listings up with most of dance companies seeking dancers for a single gig. With there being barley ten dance companies in New York City that offer the dancers forty-eight weeks or work with a salary you can live on and health insurance, most dancers seek other jobs to…

The collaborative experience described in the essay “Eyeball to Eyeball,” does resemble an activity where I had to collaborate with other people. I will be giving two examples of when I needed to collaborate with other people. The first example is from when I was on the Gymnastics Team in High School, we had to collaborate to make floor and beam routines. To make a floor or a beam routine, was no easy tasks. Multiple people would be involved, including the person who would be performing the…

On TV to paper, everyone's talking about how Simone Biles won Gold on the 2016 Rio Olympics and everything. However, Simone isn't just a famous teenage gymnast…she's more than that. Born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, Simone Arianne Biles came existing in the world to become unique and powerful. Simone, along with her sister, Adriana, and two oldest brothers, Adam and Ron Jr. were adopted by their grandparents due to their father abandoning them and their mother who was a drug-addict.…

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…

of Asia and Europe. Dun Huang is famous for many things, including its caves, which are a famous example of Buddhist art. Silk Road style dance, also known as “Dun Huang Dance”, was inspired by the art inside of those famous caves. The origin of Ballet dance can be traced to the 15th century Italian Renaissance courts, and later developed into a concert dance style in France, Russia, Britain, and Italy. Ballet was brought to France by Catherine de Medici, who was an Italian noble woman, a…

extra activities that were held on Saturday because of my work schedule. I was a consistent member at the PBG meetings and making sure to interact with all of the femtee, even if they were not specific paired with me. I was consistently in an intense dance battle with Skylar, joking round with Taylor or doing arts and crafts with Peyton. I loved interacting with all of the girls and made sure to do everything in my power to create a safe and fun environment. Why would you like to be apart of…

In this specific performance of the Tango, there is an older gentleman and a younger female. The man does not look as if he is controlling, but the dance tells otherwise. The two dancers never lose eye contact throughout the whole dance. This never breaking contact shows the intimacy and passion throughout the whole three-minute tango. This dance takes the story line of the “inspired relationship between a prostitute and her pimp” as stated from the Tango presentation. I say this because of the…

In my elementary school years, my peers bullied me, reason being why I used to be very shy and antisocial; I still am an often quiet and reserved person. Despite that fact, there was something paradoxical of my own personality: I enjoyed performing. Whether it was on-stage with an audience or at home alone, I always had a thing for singing my guts out and dancing like nobody's watching. I still do, but I’ve only realized this now. It may have begun in third grade, when I danced on stage at my…

techniques and skills I've learned for Mason is that you don't have to follow the rules of clay you can improvise and make different things by pushing and pulling the material. Things that I have learned about this artist influence is dance. He believes that the art of dance has significance the art of clay making. I really want to try sculpting things the way he does by pulling and shaping things. It's a whole new genre for me to learn and try other than just making…

The gymnast closed her eyes. Her arms swayed gracefully into each pose and traced the motions she was about to compete. As she visualized herself flipping four feet off the floor on a four inch beam, her body trembled and her palms perspired. Over the past 16 years of her life, she has spent four and a half hours, five days a week, 52 weeks of the year, training in the gym, for this moment. As she concluded her mental routine, the athlete smiled gently at her coach and made her way over to…