The sweet music filling my ears, the adrenaline racing through my body, it was something I longed to feel. As a little girl, all I wanted to do was dance, it was all I would talk and think about but I couldn’t and that was the biggest disappointment in my little mind. Around the age of eight I build up the courage to ask my mom if she could enroll me in dance class, and I remembered my mom looking me in my eyes and saying the words I never wanted to hear “not right now”. I remember her telling me that she didn’t have the money to put me in dance classes. And at that moment my hopes and dreams were crumble up and step on. I knew that my parents were struggling to make ends meet, but all I wanted to do was dance for real and not just in my …show more content…
Dance. I am now a junior and a dancer at shades valley high school and life couldn’t be any greater for me. Dancing help me But I know that next year I will be taking a big step in my life and going to college. As time for me to head off to college approaches I thought about what I wanted to major in college. I was very perplexed about if I wanted go to college for dance or not. I know dance is something I always wanted to do but was it something I wanted to do as a profession. I ask myself can i see myself as a professional dancer in ten years and having a good career and it was something I wasn’t too confident in, so I decide to change my career from dancing to becoming a physical therapist and majoring in kinesiology. Even though I have decided to not pursue my career in dance this will not be the end of dancing for …show more content…
After about four or more years of being a physical therapist I want to open my own dance studio with the money I been making as a physical therapist. When I open my dance studio I wanted it to be a place where all my student can become a family, I want it to be a safe place where its ok to make mistake. I want it to be a place where we help each other out. But most of all I want it to be an affordable dance studio so that if there is a little girl who always wanted to dance but couldn’t because her family doesn’t have the money to can achieve something I never got a chance to. Dance is my life for right now and I love every single moment of it. The beat of the music sends tingles through my body, the feeling of stress vaporing out of my body and the sense of freedom covers my body like a blanket. I feel free, a and i know that all the effort I put in and all the sweat that runs down my face Is a personal achievement. I love the feeling of flying in all my leaps and tricks. I love the crowd, the make-up, the outfits, but mostly I love knowing I am the best I can be. And when it time to put up my dance shoes I will be helping someone put on their dance shoes.so what’s my green light? My green light is taking comfort in knowing that I can and will help young inspiring dancer achieve their dreams goal and aspiration as a
There are hundreds of professional dancers across the world waiting to reach their success, and out of those hundreds of dancers, I qualify in becoming one. Dance is my passion, my adrenaline, and my focus that keeps me persevering through life and its obstacles. Dancing requires a lot of dedication and hard work. “Successful dancers must have excellent balance, physical strength, and physical dexterity, so they can move their bodies without falling” (Dancers and Choreographers). If serious about dance, dancers have to have discipline in taking the time out to practice, study, and practice some more. If dance is what you're look forward to doing, I'd get busy because time waits for no one…
I was very reluctant about dancing because I was unfamiliar with Latin dance, but they insist that I participate. The music and dance was not just Latin and Mariachi music. Hip-Hop, R&B and Pop was mainly played. Hours went by and the DJ announced that everyone should return to their seats, the father and daughter dance was about to begin. The pillows of shoes from earlier and a doll was now in the father hands.
I have been dancing since the age of four. I started my intense training with Tanju and Patricia Tuzer, Debra Bale, and Linda Brown at Tuzer Ballet. I developed as a dancer, attending every summer intensive performing in every show, advancing from intermediate to apprentice to junior company and finally to senior company. The dance studio became my second home. I took classes in ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary, tap, jazz, lyrical jazz, theatrical movement, hip-hop, zumba, and African-Ballet, pointe, contemporary, and lyrical jazz being my favorites. Even w...
Ballet has molded me into a person that smiles through hardships and lives for the daily challenges. Additionally, my ballet training allows me to put other things into perspective and is applicable to my academics. Often times, math and physic systems of forces, centroids and torque can be applied to ballet movements. For example, a simple pirouette (turn) is possible because of the torque the legs and arms create, the rotational momentum of the body, and the force the legs create against the ground. Furthermore, my ballet training is much more than leading an important role. Over the course of a thousand of ballet classes I have developed the ability to listen and attentively follow choreography. Also, the creative aspect of ballet adds a unique element to the way I think, solve problems, and view life.
After dancing over thirteen years at Annabel Timm’s School of Ballet, I was given the opportunity to help teach a hip-hop class for kids in elementary school. Every Wednesday night, I would meet fifteen little girls at the studio and teach them a new dance to perform in front of their parents. After only a few lessons, each girl became such an important part in my life. During class I would answer their questions about technique and different fundamentals of dance, but when class was over I answered questions about their homework and talked them through all of their problems pertaining home and school. I realized I wasn’t just a dance assistant to them, but I was a mentor.
Although I am not a great dancer by any means, I learned through my years of involvement in dance that if you want something you should not let any hardships stop you. This message is what helps push me toward success in my educational
I was afraid of making the same mistakes as my parents, family members, and peers. I wanted more than my life to result in teen pregnancy. For my family teen pregnancy meant giving up on your dreams, education and freedom. Although my family was the only people surrounding me I believed in a life free from these barriers. Not having anyone to look up to, I weighed a lot of pressure myself to be different. The reminder of my race and family background played a major role in my insecurities of being successful. The lack of diversity in my community inspired me to be more than the person that everyone is expected me to be. Once I begun dancing a world of multiple opportunities were awarded to me and I knew that dancing was going to make me into
I have been a dancer since the age of 3. My earliest memory of dance was when I was too terrified to go on stage during a recital and I refused to go on no matter how much they tried to push me. Up until the age of about 12, dance had been just a hobby or an extracurricular activity. In fact, I didn’t even enjoy going to dance. I didn’t have friends there and I wasn’t that good of a dancer. It wasn’t until I participated in Dance Bermuda’s summer dance intensive in collaboration with the American Ballet Theatre in 2012, that I realized that I had a passion for dance. At the program, I was exposed to other dancers that were my age and older and most of them were much more advanced than I. So to avoid being the worst dancer in the program, I took to YouTube and watched hours and hours of dance videos. I researched all the ways to improve my ballet technique. I can remember trying to practice my pirouettes in the kitchen and falling onto the table and knocking a whole bunch of things over. I was determined to be as good as the other girls in the program. By the end of the two weeks I was fired up, motivated, and ready to get back to class after the summer.
My traits have led me to my current path in ways unimaginable. My dancing skills allow me to persevere through difficult challenges, be more flexible, and adapt to change more efficiently, while my quiet confidence allows me to be more humble. With the help of these talents and traits and the lessons I learned from them, I am able to be the most excellent version of myself and make the best out of my life. In the present day, I can assess how these traits help me in school, at home, and in the dance studio. Ultimately, possessing these talents and traits, I have the potential to go far and be successful in the
One of my greatest passions is dancing. I am currently a Soloist at the North Dakota Academy of Dance and I couldn’t be happier, but I wouldn’t be here today if I hadn’t found the courage to make an important decision in my life. A while back, I danced locally in Kindred, but I didn’t feel challenged. I wanted to grow in my dancing and improve as much as I could. The studio I was at, was holding me back from my full potential. I made the decision to discontinue dancing with that organization and find a more challenging and professional studio in the Fargo area. Although I was venturing out to other studios for my benefit, none of my close friends were there to accompany me on this venture. I found myself starting out as “the new girl” and began with no friends. I took the liberty of introducing myself to the other dancers and found the courage and confidence to mingle and make new friends. I now have an amazing system of friends both in my school atmosphere and at my dance
Dancing was always there for me since the beginning. My mom was on her way to be a singer. She gave up the record
It’s a very rewarding feeling knowing you’ve helped someone who has been really struggling, and knowing that they trust you with their problems and that they know they can rely on you for assistance when they need it. Being involved with the musicals is some of the most fun i’ve had in my highschool career. I’ve always tried out for the highschool musical and always gotten a part, and just last year I helped the backstage crew of the middle school musical. Just being a part of it is what I like the most, being a single part in an entire production, and i’m the person who was best fit for that specific part. It makes me feel unique and different knowing that I was picked for that certain part. Last year I got my first actual lead as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard Of Oz. It had to have been the greatest experience of my life, I read my script any chance I could because I wanted to make this the best performance I have ever done, and I feel like I had
I've always had experience in dancing, I honestly think i was born to dance and to have a career in dance because that's all I've ever wanted to do in dance. I've always wanted to dance for the rest of my life and that's what I plan on doing. What will help me be successful in this major is to be taking lots of different dance classes now learning all I can learn and focusing on schooling and my dancing. Also a lot of support will help me to be successful because it's a lot of work and money and my parents have been so supportive and dedicated when it comes to my dancing and they have always motivated me to do what I desire and have helped me to reach it. You don't have to be very qualified to dance, all you have to do is to take the classes and learn the material and it will stick in your brain.
Sometimes in life you go through obstacles and conflicts that you wish will never happen to you. But it’s life, you can’t change how it will be no matter how much you want it to. My life changed when I was in the seventh grade. I will never forget what happened to me then. It changed my life for both good and bad. To this day, I remember like it was yesterday. The day I tried to commit suicide was the day that changed my life forever. If it wasn’t for dance, my life would probably be a disaster.
As a child I always wanted to be in the spotlight. I was always the ham in family pictures, the one who had to excel past my brother, and be in the know of everything. When I was about twelve years old, I realized that entertaining people was what I was all about. Since I wasn’t any good at telling the jokes around the campfire or singing acappella, I thought about trying my dance skills. I liked dancing and I have always enjoyed music videos like Janet Jackson’s “Miss you much”, so I thought why not? What did I have to lose? With the support of my parents, particularly my mom, I went for the gusto.