Dance Reflection Essay

I found this semester to be really helpful in providing insight about my own body. I was not only able to learn about a new kind of exercise, but I was able to focus on specific areas that I need to strengthen in order to improve upon my dancing. My pre-class workouts allowed me to target areas in which I need to have a little more mental thought to engage them properly in class. Taking the time for myself to warm up my body with the workouts allowed those muscle groups to be on my mindset throughout the class. Then, as I was going through class, it was easier for me to concentrate on other aspects of my dancing as well. Through this experience, I gained a better understanding of my strengths and weaknesses in my body. Some of my strengths I identified include my core and my back. These are areas that always need improvement but there one of the stronger parts of my body that I do not always need constant mental effort in order to engage them during class. However, while my core overall is pretty strong, I need to work on my supporting side. My oblique muscles are an area

One of my main goals coming into this semester, especially since I took time off from ballet, was to improve upon the use of my head in dance. I know how important this is for dancers since it is often the upper body the audience members watch during a performance. I made it my mission this semester to work on my range of motion in my head and to keep pushing forward to use my head more. This year I had an epiphany that my time at Muhlenberg is coming to an end soon. I need to absorb all the opportunities to dance now because I am not sure what the future holds for me. I am now taking this new approach and I think to myself that I need to start doing it now or it will never come. This change in mindset allows me to not take a dance class for granted and really strive to better