Participation dance

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.…

For this submission I decided to choose to learn more about the dance of Ballet. I’m not really a big dance person, but the dance of ballet has always intrigued me because of how beautiful and elegant it is. Ballet originated in Renaissance Italy. It started out as a dance used at balls and social gatherings. Ballet was the acceptable way and proper etiquette at these social gatherings. There were a lot of rules that went along with it, such as when and how to bow, step, and the distance from…

All across the world there are dances for everything from weddings to war preparation to child birth; dance is an important aspect of many cultures, traditions and societies. My life has been influenced by a number of dance forms. One dance type I feel very passionate about dicussing and practicing is Capoeria. Capoeria is a dance that form I was introduced to when I was around 7 years old by the local Boys & Girls Club and as I began to get older and do my own research on its origin and…

When I was four-year-olds, I was placed into dance classes at the Dance Unlimited Studio in Paradis, Louisiana. I meet most of my phenomenal friends in dance class; especially my great friend Maddie. Maddie was two grades above me, so when I was an eighth-grader, she was a sophomore at my current high school. One day during dance class, she hurled her whole body upon me for a hug and squealed in excitement. "Guess what!?" she exclaimed. I replied with a distorted face, and my mouth ajar. "Guard…

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…

scene. Many times the dancers shuffled from their knees to move through the space of the stage. Also using large whole body movements in a curved pattern, the dancers used general space and the entire open space of the stage often. Each piece of the dance used music in combination with movement to place emphasizes on different phases of choreography. Emphasizing phrases of movement in combination with the dramatic tones of the music brought highlights to the movement phases.…

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…