Dance studio

Age-Appropriate Coaching: A Dance Perspective. There are many factors to keep in mind when coaching any type of sport. A specific factor that absolutely must be adhered to is age, which influences many performance capabilities both physically and psychologically (Crocker, 2011). In consequence, all coaches must adjust their instruction in order to maximize success of athletes. I have had the opportunity to work with youth from ages three to fifteen in a dance setting, which, after many failures,…

illusion to the audience that the dancers were floating on stage. The first documented performance en pointe happened in France between the years of 1815 and 1830, 240 years after the first ballet. Before King Louis VIV founded the Royal Academy of Dance in 1661, dancers performed on ballroom floors. After…

I continued soccer and dance, but also decided to involve myself into a couple more activities. I joined a cheerleading squad. The football team I cheered for and cheerleading squad I was apart of were connected to the school we went to, so I knew most of the guys on the football team as well as the girls on the cheer squad. Along with cheer I joined another dance team. Only this one was more involved. It was a competition dance team that competed every week. To join the team…

put your education first. My first year on the Dance Team I received “Most Improved Dancer” award. Then to letter as a Varsity member my next year on the team, was rewarding. It shows that hard work does pay off. This summer I attended Just For Kix camp and was awarded the “Highest Kicks” award. I continue to bring my passion for dance outside of school, devoting over 21 hours a week. Meaning not only do I dance for our High School, but at a local studio as well. This sport helps show…

pain, one dancer spoke of the ritualistic sounds in the studio, such as the cracking of the hips and the “baby rattle,” or the shaking of anti-inflammatory pill bottles. Another dancer spoke of how they could not recall a time when they were completely healthy or think of a joint that was one hundred percent pain free. My teachers used to joke to my class, “You are never healthy, so if you stop to heal before dancing again you’ll never dance!” Thus, perpetuating the ingrained culture of dancing…

my future career. As a dance major, physical and mental endurance is required in order to excel in this field. Everyone enrolled in this major has to be strong and be willing to put in extra time to ace the class. One thing that set me apart from most dancers was that I did not have technique. Many dancers started dancing when they were toddlers. When I was accepted I felt out of place. I started dancing three years earlier at the community YMCA,not a real dance studio unlike other dancers.…

parents posed the question of why, I simply explained that everyone else was learning to dance and so I wanted to join. Not only was this the beginning of what I recall as the longest 4-year dance experience known to man, but also the first time I remember personally deciding to conform to the “social norm”, whether I knew it or not. I distinctly remember noticing there was a young boy who was also apart of my dance class…

Dance is an aspect that accommodates with emotions and displays creativity. This form of art is a major priority in my life. I have been a student at the Dance Depot since the age of five. Over the years, my skills progressed and this activity grew serious and challenging. As a young, inexperienced child, the exhibition symbolized a minor sport in my daily life. However, this current point of view changed dramatically on a summer afternoon in 2009. My mother received an interesting email from…

Bob Fosse, as a choreographer and director, changed the way that people dance on stage and revolutionized aspects of filmmaking. His dances were physically demanding for even the best dancers. They were also very sexual and they addressed a full range of emotions. He is also still the only person to ever win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony, all in the same year. Bob Fosse was born on June 23, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. As the youngest of the six kids in his family, Bob used dancing to win attention.…

others. There’s people that dance for fun at parties, there’s people that like dancing a lot so they join a dance team, and there is people that love dancing so much that they even want to major in it. Also, there’s people that are born to dance; they don’t have to try that hard to be about to perform a dance move, and there’s people that have to practice a lot to be able to do a dance move. Well, I am in the middle. I like dancing a lot that I’ve joined dance teams, and I dance when ever I am…