Stay Dancing Hazel a very girl who grew up knowing exactly what she wanted to do in her life. All she ever wanted to do was dance. That’s all she did, she danced doing chores, walking around stores, while helping with their horses, she danced everywhere. That was her passion, all she ever trained for. She was homeschooled by her dance trainor so after her studies they went right to dancing. Hazel's parents for her 16th birthday bought her her very own dance studio. Ever since she got in she hasn’t left there. She spend long days and nights there. She loved it. Mirrors on every wall, the perfect floors, loud speakers, even a stretching station. She sometimes even spent the night there.
She didn’t just dance on her own she danced competitively
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Her parents warned her that if she started slacking on her work she’d be grounded from anything dance related and she was to only work on school. She had Nationals coming up so she was only focused on her routine. When her parents told her she was grounded from dance for two weeks she was extremely upset. Dance was all she ever did, she didn’t know what she’d do, she decided she’d work really hard to get her school work done and done well in those two weeks. Her parents were impressed on how well she was doing in school and allowed her to go back to dance Hazel was so …show more content…
After she woke up she was improving back to her normal health more and more everyday. But she still wasn’t able to walk on her leg quite yet. Hazel was beginning to get frustrated she just wanted to be better a healed already. All she ever did anymore was school,sleep, and appointments, when she got the hospital and seen her studio she immediately had tears fall from her face. Everything she lived for was gone.
Two months later she was realised to get off her crutches or wheel chair. She was so excited to go back to dancing but she still wasn’t able to dance yet. She went to physical therapy everyday trying to rush her process along. She began getting frustrated that she still wasn’t aloud to dance. That’s all she ever wanted to do, but now that she missed Nationals she doesn’t have anything to look forward too. She began to give up on her dream.
When she was finally clear to dance again. She was hesitant to even try. That maybe she’d hurt her leg again, or the thought of not being good anymore. She avoided the dance room for weeks. Her trainer kept trying to get her to go but she refused. After a while Hazel got tired of getting begged to go back so she tried to dance again. She realized how much she actually missed the way dancing felt. She did struggle but after that day she decided she’d work back up to it. That she’d train again, and she’d still succeed her life
By her account, some of the fun in going to the movies is throwing popcorn, making noises, and leading the other children in disruptions. They all knew from past times how much noise they can make, how far they can push the theater personal before they get into trouble, and they enjoy seeing the personal angry. On this Easter Sunday in question the theater was advertising a film called Gorilla, My Love, but the theater is actually showing a religious picture, King of Kings, and an old Bugs Bunny cartoon. Hazel agitates the children in the crowd in order to cause loud protest, and marches into the manager's office to demand her money back. When the manager refuses to speak or even return her money, she steals a book of matches and lights a fire in the lobby. Somehow, Hazel is so fierce in her explanation, and her voice is so strong and confident, that she seems tough and likeable at the same time. Hazel has been raised to speak her mind, and she does. She avoids a whipping from her father by explaining that the adults had made a promise—that they would show Gorilla, My Love—and broke it. Hazel's rebellion, in her eyes, was a blow for the value of keeping one's word. Knowing she was raised to stand for ...
Her lasting career was not given to her easily, therefore, creating an inspiring story full of hardships and success. Ever since she was a little girl, her dream was to become a successful and famous dancer. In New York City, when she was trying to fulfill her dream, she was unable to find a job in the theatre department. Instead of being discouraged, she decided to make something good come from it. She choreographed her own routines, created her own costumes, and organized solo recitals for audiences to enjoy. This event led her to the biggest adventure in her life that would later impact the world. She was invited to return back to London to pursue her education in the performing arts, so that she could further improve her talents that would make up her entire career.
Hazel’s Parents-wants hazel to make friends, very pushy, caring, loving , worried , scared to lose their daughter , father cries a lot, mother is the stability , supportive of Hazel and Gus, they just want to spend as much time as possible with her, very sympathetic when Augustus dies.
Her character shows a relatively normal being who has been so indoctrinated by the thoughts of total equality –the thoughts of the times– that she can do nothing but agree with them. This is shown when Hazel says she thinks society would fall if people were to start cheating at the rules, and that it would be like the “dark ages” again (Vonnegut, 1961). Really, Hazel is the “good” in the rather broad theme of good versus evil of the story. Though Harrison is the main protagonist, Hazel plays an important role in the story. She gives the reader an unfiltered look on the world she lives in, and the thoughts and feelings of the time, and for these reasons she becomes a crucial part–a
...family that she grew up in was such a negative environment. It is very possible that she will grow up to be an art teacher. One might think this because she looked up to her art teacher so much and admired her; Ellen’s mind is full of creativity and ideas. When Ellen’s school found out that her dad was abusive to her they put her up at her art teacher’s house. Ellen says “I came a long way to get here but when you think about it really hard you will see that old Starletta came even farther… And all this time I thought I had the hardest row to hoe” Like Ellen did, it is important for everyone to look back into their life and see what they have learned. Doing so cannot change ones past but only add to their future. Ellen will always carry the horrors of her childhood with her but by using all of her assets that she gained throughout the book her future can be enriched.
Another approach that Hazel can use is self-management. Hazel is described in the beginning of the book as being someone who is very independent and self-reliant, so if the assistance of medications and a therapist would not be comfortable to her, practicing self-management would be. As stated by de Ridder et. al (2008), evidence shows that there are more advantages for people who engage in healthy behaviors that promote self-management
Hazel is a fiery little girl. She is strong-willed and openly opinionated, and believes that “when you got something on your mind, speak up and let the chips fall where they may” (Bambara 297). Although she is still very young, she has principles of what she believes to be wrong and right. She believes that her Hunca Bubba is not who he used to be since he has fallen in love and become engaged. Hazel feels betrayed by Hunca Bubba because when she was a little girl, he promised he would marry her. He is no longer Hazel’s Hunca Bubba; now, he is Jefferson Winston Vale. Hazel is befuddled with the entire situation. She is heartbroken that he seems to undermine the importance of his promise, by saying, “I was just teasin’” (298). He seems to be completely unaware that by breaking this promise, he has distorted Hazel’s entire outlook on trustworthiness. Hazel expresses her concrete belief that people should follow through with what they say, when she is commenting on the incident at the movie theater, “ I mean even gangsters in the movies say My word is my bond. So don’t nobody get away with nothing far as...
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.
Firstly , in the beginning of the story shows Hazel’s motherhood effect on her daily life: “Hazel didn’t want to eat outside – the amount of suncream you had to put on a baby and the way he kept shaking the little hat off his head... – so not only would she have to do all the work, she would also have to apologise for doing all the work when she should be having a good time, sitting outside and watching blue-bottles put their shitty feet on the teat of the baby’s bottle while everyone else got drunk in the sun” (Enright, 2008, p.138). Not to mention, Hazel was exhausted from taking care of her baby instead of enjoying herself like the others did. Despite of that, she couldn’t because in Irish motherhood; a mother who is laid back and neglects the children is not considered as a divine role.
Hazel is a sixteen year old girl who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Thyroid cancer as a little girl. Her whole life had been shifted and turned upside down by her cancer. She had to leave high school, get her GED and start college early. Hazel had to leave all of her friends and adjust to a completely new life. Having a normal life was really not going to happen but her mother tried as hard as she could to give
The doctor replaced his glasses and took another moment to study the card. His thoughts brought him back to the night of the hospital charity event twenty years ago. She was the featured performer that evening. The entire medical community was buzzing for weeks with the news Cassandra Davenport, world famous ballerina, was going to honor them with a dance. People began to talk, and sooner than he would have liked, they realized his Cassandra and the famous dancer were one and the same.
Audrey’s early life was not simply lived through without making her a different person. Audrey, born Audrey Kathleen Ruston in 1929 in Brussels, suffered greatly from the effects of World War II. Living during this time period exposed her to the cruelty and consequences of the war. For example, her house was entered and searched through by troops unexpectedly. These troops confiscated Audrey’s family’s property leaving them without personal items and with feelings of both fear and shock (Graham). When she was only five years old, she was sent off to a boarding school in England. Soon after she was sent off, Audrey’s family was broken apart. Her father had left her, her brothers, and her mother in 1935. This event, Audrey said, was the most traumatic happening in her lifetime. Her mother moved the family to Holland, with hope that it would provide a safer environment for her and her family. While in Holland, she began to study ballet. After spending many years studying ballet she became very serious about it and soon hoped to form a career as a professional ballerina. However, she was not able to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina due to the war. The war deprived her of the physical condition she w...
The Northern Territory is known for its culturally diverse population and some would say it is the ‘multicultural hub’ of Australia. With all of these cultures comes distinctive customs and traditions. Throughout history dance has been used to help people develop a sense of identity, the younger generations are also taught social patterns and values through the different dances. The significance of these traditional dances was to reinforce and celebrate cultural law and practices including the celebration of the passage from child to adulthood or spiritual worship. The predominantly Western culture in Australia often causes minority groups to struggle for recognition regarding their beliefs and traditions. This is parallel to the Australian dance industry, where many cultural dance groups feel they have to justify who they are and are often
“Dance, the art of precise, expressive, and graceful human movement, traditionally, but not necessarily, performed in accord with musical accompaniment. Dancing developed as a natural expression of united feeling and action.”
Like any first experience we remember all the details of the event. I remember my first dance class at J in Jazz Dance Studio. I was under the instruction of Julie Pederson who was one of the young faces in my little town of Sierra Vista. I was thirteen and thought that the class was awesome. Now if you are under the impression that I was great the first time around you are wrong. I was the one goofy awkward kid who was there having fun. Julie thought that I would be gone by the end of three months because I couldn’t hack it. She was just glad that I was there having fun and being a good student. According to some experts, since I started after the age of ten I was not supposed to be any good. Just six months after starting, something somewhere happened to both me and my dance ability. I was put on the competition/performance team, and then I just kept excelling from there. Every year or two, I was put on a higher more difficult team.