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I appreciate dance more now because of this class. I appreciate dance more because I learned about the beginnings of dance. Me being a break dancer, I knew about the modern dances but never knew about the old stuff. Learning about the foundations of dance made me respect dance and dancers more. All that hard work done by dancers back in the day made dance what it is today. And it is nice to learn about the significant people in dance that made dance a beautiful work of art. Ballet dance influenced me the most about dance. Not only did it enlighten me but also gave me a newfound respect for the dancers, choreographers and dance form as well. Ballet as first wasn't appealing to me but after learning about it I have gotten a little taste of ballet. …show more content…

Growing up I never had any hobbies besides playing video games if that count as one. Dance was the first real hobby I ever had. Dance impacted me by making me less shy in front of people. I made a lot of friends through dance. I would walk over to my friend's house every weekend and we would just session and teach each other about break dancing. Dancing had anyways been part of me through middle and high school. And what better way to enjoy dance than actually learn about it in a class. There are a lot of things that I taught myself how to do through the internet. I taught myself how to build computer, break dance and many other things. When I hang out with my old friends that I used to break dance with, we would about way think about the past and joke about it. There is this one phase we always say it's, "once a dancer, always a dancer." We all remember how to bboy and it is a part of us. If someone were to tell us to break dance we would still be able to. Me being a break dancer, I wanted to take this course. And I stayed because dance is a part of me and quitting is not an option. Break dancers don't stop when we fall and mess up on our routine, we just get up and continue dancing like nothing had happened. Looking back at all the class I had taken, I notice that I always put the minimum amount of effort in my work. It had always been a habit of mine for some reason. I never felt the

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