As a dancer, I learned early in life that personal success was dependant on the success of those around you. When performing, there are so many tasks racing through my mind: making sure props and quick changes are set, helping the younger dancer with costumes and make-up, and many other small tasks. These wouldn’t directly affect me but they would affect the performance as a whole. These scenarios have been part of my life for 14 years and I realize that someone needs to step up and do more than what is needed of them. For the last few years, I have taken on that role because I felt I was best suited for it, being one of the most advanced dancers.
It’s the time of year where the Eugene Youth Ballet performs its annual Nutcracker tour. As a
It was fair to me that my brother was participating on a baseball team while I've been wanting to dance for years. In order to perform, I of course needed to go to the practice. Practicing three times a week for three hours was rough for the first few weeks considering I was a beginner, but I didn't let that intimidate me and so I continued. Making new friends, learning more about Mexican culture, and boosting my confidence, all of these in my eyes were areas that I had some sort of struggled with but dance little by little, helped me accomplish such positive effects in the three.
The typical idea of a dancer is that they are tall, slender, full of energy, and lucky because they dance with all of the “stars”. Much of this is true, however, what many people do not think of are the many hardships that a dancer goes through in order to achieve their high status in the dance world. It takes much hard work and determination along with good direction to become a dancer. However, nothing good comes without a price. Dancers often times have many pressures put on them which can lead to physical and emotional damages. These damages occur through the pressures from the media, parents, teammates, and the stereotype that society has placed on dancers.
Living life as a professional dancer is my dream job. I wish to travel the world showing off my talents by presenting shows that will blow your mind. This job interest me because it's what I look forward to every morning when I wake up. I feel so alive when I'm either dancing or putting steps together for new choreography. “While working as a dancer, dancers get to study different types of dances, and learn how to choreograph routines” ("Dancers and Choreographers). I feel very blessed that I am eligible to understand movements and connect them to real life scenarios. I want to wake up to emails, messages, voicemails, and notifications from
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
I write this review an hour after watching the DVD of the, Saturday December 12, 2015 performance of The Nutcracker that I had the privilege of attending with my family over the holidays. The performance was held at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Andrew Jackson Hall, in Nashville, TN. I remember the lobby between the theater and the hall was very spacious, we found our seats to the left aisle in the middle of the theater with no hindrance.
In the nursing home I was placed at, the current issue within my aggregate was smoking. After conducting a number of interviews with the smoking residents, the reason behind their smoking habits were how bored and isolated they felt. Although they had a dance program, it was usually instructor led meaning the instructor would perform while the residents looked on. With this in mind, we informed the recreational department and they were able to recruit more instructors to lead and interact with participants. Overall, the residents appreciated these new changes and were eager to have more dance lessons implemented throughout the week. Similarly, Create, a charity that promotes art to vulnerable population also emphasized the importance of having a professional dancer not to perform but to get the elderly to participate (Tran, 2015). Based on my experience, allowing for this involvement engages and empowers the
On November 25, 2017 I attended The Nutcracker ballet performance at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas. The performance was an adaptation of a story by the same name which was written by E.T.A Hoffman. The show was a faithful, but imaginative depiction of the story. Overall, the presentation was successful in portraying the holiday classic that is The Nutcracker through the use majestic sets, extravagant costumes, and resonating music, all while still remaining true to the narrative of The Nutcracker. The production did this by having grand costumes and sets that resembled the time period of The Nutcracker and depicted the setting of the dances, the original music by Tchaikovsky which brought forth the emotions that are part of the
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky is mostly known for his great musicals. One of his greatest musicals “The Nutcracker” has been turned into an ice show in United States of America. Peggy Flaming, Nicole Bobek, Todd Eldredg, and Brian Orser along with others star in the beautiful and magical ice show. “The Nutcracker” is a story of a young girl (Clara) who receives a Nutcracker doll as a Christmas present from her Godfather (Drosselmeier), and with the help of a little magic, the doll comes to life in her dreams. Everybody, especially children, love to watch how these ice champions bring the Christmas story of “the Nutcracker” to life. The Swan Lake is also a very known p...
I have taught dance classes for the last four years and the little dancers really look up to me as their role model. I was nominated as dance team captain by my peers for my school dance team. I have also been on the leadership team at Central DeWitt Community Schools. We would meet regularly to talk about goals to increase our leadership skills amongst our peers. I am also a member of the Jr. Brown Swiss Association and have lead the younger members through our annual concession stand fundraisers teaching them the ropes so they can help the next generation. All of these leadership roles are thanks to my devotion to 4-H. Being involved with my community is a future goal of mine. It always feels good to give
During Jr. High I learned how to play the violin through the orchestra program. During one of our bi-annual concerts, my section of violins came into the song too early, which ended up ruining the entire song. I remember how terribly lost the first violins sounded as we muddled our way through the song, the melody being several measures ahead of the rest of the orchestra. We all seemed to be relying on someone else’s proper timing to some degree. After that concert and the depressing and disappointing reaction from our teacher, I knew that I needed to learn how to count and rely on my own timing rather than thinking I could just rely on someone else. I still haven’t mastered this concept, but I certainly have gotten better since that catastrophe. Teamwork is like that, you all have to work together to produce the proper result, but you can’t replace cooperation with individual mastery through practice.
I had my first dance recital on the day I turned four. Now I don’t remember anything from that day, but I believe that that day is when I learned I loved to perform. I’ve been taking dance lessons since then, and many things that I do now involve performing in some type of way.
“A Brief History of Ballet - Illustrated by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.” Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, www.pbt.org/learn-and-engage/resources-audience-members/ballet-101/brief-history-ballet/.
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.