Partner dance

ecstatic at the same time. I was wishing time would slow down as they called number after number, dance, after dance, and my turn was quickly approaching. I ran my dance through my head during my final moments backstage. I heard my dance teacher telling me good luck, and just try to have fun. I was not ready to walk out among the heat bearing lights. It was June 24, 2015, and our competitive dance team had made it to nationals. Nationals is just like any other competition, minus the fact…

Dance has been a part of my life since the age of 4. Every time I am onstage with the lights shining on me, I stand with a sense of pride and reflect that through all the long rehearsals I have finally made it. While dance has helped me make friends and stay healthy, it has also helped me learn many valuable life skills which I will apply to my future. Dance has taught me perseverance. When I started at my new dance studio, Royal Dance Academy, I was placed in a class with dancers who were my…

Work harder! Do better! I heard this all the time at dance but I still had fun… most of the time. I had been a dancer as long as I could remember and so had my sister. Dance was a lot to take on with rehearsal everyday and competitions every other weekend in the winter. All my friends were cheerleaders and they were together every Saturday when I was at rehearsal. But through my experience I learned to follow my heart and do what I wanted to do. It was the beginning of August and it was the…

The San Diego Trolley Dances took place on October 3rd 2015. An assortment of dance pieces all came together to furnish the city with dance in non-traditional and often unexpected settings. A program that has been established for fourteen years, this season of Trolley Dances traveled from Downtown San Diego to Balboa Park. However modern or classical the pieces in Trolley Dances may appear to be, the combination of observation and research can provide a different perspective. One such frame has…

been missing one rib on each side of her rib cage since she was born, but this doesn’t affect her as she is one of the most flexible people. Sophia started dancing at two years old, and started competing at the age of 3. She was first inspired to dance by her older cousin. Now she practices 35-40 hours a week on jazz, contemporary, tap, and ballet. That is more hours than an average person works per week. A time period of 2 days is all it would…

Hello, I’m Hannah Letarski and today I am going to talk to you about my passion. My passion is dance and I have been doing it for over 9 years and over those 9 years I learned about leadership, teamwork and problem solving. I danced at Get Out and Dance for 2 years and then switched to Wausau Academy of Dance. At Wausau Academy of Dance I joined a competition group called Strive, my first year was great and then my second year started going downhill I got placed in a group where I was dancing…

flexibility. I perform routines in front of judges, waiting to be praised for my talent. My stage is a square, spring floor, and a 4 inch beam, and two parallel bars, and a vault table. All I need is my leotard, grips, and ambition to score big. I’ll dance across the floor, leaping, turning, flipping through my routine, knowing all eyes are on me as I own the floor. Sprinting down the runway, jumping off the springboard, flying through the air, and flashing a smile at the judge, I stick my…

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.…

Cheerleaders are expected to have a high level of physical activity to participate. At the beginning of the season try-outs are hosted. Participants are required to do a number of things in order to make the team. They must be able to tumble, cheer, dance, and stunt. Cheerleaders have a practice schedule just as…

Much of my personal growth and my ability to overcome adversity, stems from the concepts of body image and self-control. Ballet gives me fond memories of friendship, developing physical strength and mental discipline, but also reminds me of the pressure of having the perfect figure. Today, I understand how this pressure has influenced my tendency to be a perfectionist in many aspects of my life. Though that resulted in my strong work ethic and persistence, the control I took in terms of my…