Step dance

Have you ever seen the Nutcracker ballet during Christmas time? Or have you danced for years and are finally deciding to dance on pointe? Ballet has been for hundreds of years and is still important to many people today. One of the main parts of ballet is pointe shoes. Pointe shoes are worn by all of the female dancers, except very young girls. The most important parts of the pointe shoe are the box; the end of the shoe that has pieces of cardboard and fabric glued densely together to support…

Slowly walking through the multicolored road of ballet, when I looked back, I saw my step-by-step ballet growing footprints. When I was seven years old, I began to dance ballet for five years. This five-year experience was full of pain and joy. When I was 7 years old, I was sent by my parents to learn ballet. I was full of yearning, I really enjoyed the feeling of flying on the stage, more want to wear the white dress and shoes. I still remember when I first came to the dancing room, I was…

started, I understood why. The people that were use to this type of show drank their beer early and were on the dance floor, right next to the stage. You could see the longing for the start of the show in their eyes. I safely placed myself at the top of the staircase, so i could overlook and see everything happening. I wasn 't the only one at a safe distance. They place was crowded. The dance floor was full and there were people all around me. There was guy standing next to me. His name was…

I have read Theodore Roethke’s poem “My Papa’s Waltz” several times, and every I tend to find new insights in it. It is the same old story where a father comes home drunk and mistreats his family. That’s what a reader would think after one reading of it. I expressed I can relate to the son and father’s relationship, along with some of the emotions expressed in the poem. As any poem that you read, it can interpret something different or the same depending on the reader. In the first stanza where…

“quit while your ahead.” This is it all or nothing. Leave it all on the floor. The music starts, back handspring step out round off back layout twist. Nailed it. Quickly dart across the mat to get to left panel for opening stunts. Full up, tick-tock to stretch, two step turn, scorpion to arabesque, double down. The routine proceeds and we finally get to our favorite part, the dance. Triangle formation, three string ripple, and to end it toss hands to lib. The vivid white lights beaming down on…

From a very young age, I have been very involved in athletics and competitive sports. From the age of 4 until age 7, I was part of a ballet, jazz, tap, and acro, competitive dance team. Later on, I moved to figure skating and trained in the sport for nine years. Unfortunately, I was forced to retire from skating, due to some serious calf issues involving 3 surgeries. For this reason, I transitioned to rowing; which is a non-impact sport that would allow me to continue training at a…

life by the Wilis ', a group of women who dance men to death. The Wilis are targeting Albrecht to summon him to death, but Giselle’s love overpowers their efforts (American Ballet Theatre Giselle). During this production, gender roles are formed. The ballet, Giselle, supports the statements made in Dance, Gender and Culture by Cynthia Novack and Tulle as Tool by Jennifer Fisher by presenting a woman who embodies the presumption…

make it in the world of dance. Dancers are told at young ages that they must have the body of a ballerina in order to make it as a professional dancer. The body of a ballerina is often described as having long legs with a long torso and also being very athletic looking. Also in ballet there is a pressure placed on dancers to be perfect. Dancers are told that there is always someone better then them and that they must keep trying until they are perfect in all aspects of dance. This mindset…

author could have just said “I held on tightly” if he wanted to simply say he was holding onto his father. However, he used the word death. Death gives a major negative connotation. In the third stanza, his father is holding his wrist, and with each step he missed, the boy’s ear scraped a buckle. His father may be beating him, and is so drunk that when he misses a punch, he stumbles into the child and his belt scrapes his ear. Holding the boy’s wrist and holding his hand is an example of how…

nowhere near perfect. Balanchine is often described as one of the best ballet choreographers of all time, and often revered by the New York City Ballet, but his work in the ballet has done more harm than good. Balanchine set out to create two large dance companies…