Street dance

have progressively gotten better at reminding myself who I am by participating in cultural activities that my Vietnamese church offers. Every year we host an annual Vietnamese New Year festival at a local Youth Activity Center called Students Off the Street (S.O.S.). Vietnamese New Year is called Tết in Vietnamese and falls on the same day as Chinese New…

have learned over these years is that even the little things eventually pay off in the end. Each year my church takes me on a trip to take different workshops for dance, each year the workshop is held in a different state. Last year the class was held in Birmingham, Alabama. During the dance class I was asked to volunteer to teach dance in a nearby school to kids ages ten…

In Sandra Cisneros’ “The House on Mango Street”, in the vignette “Born Bad”, Aunt Lupe encourages Esperanza to continue to write because writing will “keep you free”. Writing can be an avenue of freedom in so many ways. Writing has the power to make a person feel as if they are escaping a prison in their mind full of words and phrases that they do not know what to do with. The second they write down those words and phrases they are free of themselves and their thoughts. Another way writing can…

he was a citizen of America, he was Irish and ¼ German. Gene began to dance when he was 15. He was known as an all rounder because he was an American actor, singer, film director, producer, dancer and above all a choreographer. He was well known for his good looks and energetic style of dance. Kelly 's family started a dance studio in Pittsburgh. In 1932 the studio was renamed as Gene Kelly studio of Dance After starting the dance company, he decided to pursue his carer as a choreographer. It…

extra curricular. It was the letter from Juilliard Dance, one of the best dance schools in america, and I couldn't bring myself to open it. What if I didn’t get in, then what would I do. I cant go to any other schools, I’m destined for this specific one. I finally built up all my confidence to open the letter and read it, skimming over all the minor details. I couldn’t believe it, it was a dream come true. I had gotten early admission to Juilliard Dance! I have to leave right away. I packed up…

the citizens of Strasbourg began to feel in July of the year 1518. All along the streets, and anywhere that could be seen, the people of the city were involved in an uncontrollable dance. Only heart attacks and strokes would result in the ending of the dance. While this may sound unbelievable, or unintelligent, the victims could not help their ill-decided fate. When the first woman, known as Frau Troffea, began to dance, she began to “silently twist, twirl and shake,” as the History channel…

Today Mario Lopez also known as Mario Michael Lopez Jr. is a host of TV show Extra and MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew. He started his acting career in 1984 as Pablo on Kids Incorporated. He also was in Dancing with the stars from September 12 and was able to make it to the final round on November 15. Outside of all of this acting and hosting career he published a fitness book, two cookbooks and a children’s book. Mario Lopez was born on October 10, 1973 in San Diego, California. He is known as…

playing”(). As she grew, her sense of adventure mirrored. Brown began taking dance classes as a child and she wished to expand on it. She attended Mills College, studying modern dance and the Connecticut College Summer Sessions. It is at the Summer Sessions that Brown had the opportunity to work with some of the largest names of Modern Dance: José Limón, Louis Hurst, and Merce…

Jicamarca, Peru I was extremely excited to be a part of the team being shipped off. Before going to Peru we were put through a “special” type of training. During this training we were taught what we were going to be speaking about, a skit, and a ballet dance. So when we went to Peru we would be ready for anything, at least that’s what I thought. Traveling to Peru was intense, we left Fort Myers to go to Miami at 5am, got to Miami around 8am and waited for our international flight to Panama that…

“What I Did This Summer?” This summer I participated in many exciting events. I helped my dance studio with a dance camp and I spent a few days with my friends. The most exciting thing I did this summer was that my family and I went on a trip to Italy. I have gone to Italy only once before, and I was in fourth grade and it was my second time going to Europe. I love all the different cultures and the people I meet. In Italy everyone is kind and they try to speak English, even though they…