Ceremonial dance

How To Compete At A Dance Competition When you compete in dance competitions for almost thirteen years, it begins to become a part of you. You take for granted the people you dance with as well as the abilities you attain over the years. To keep from taking all of this for granted, you must not only look at it as a “process,” but also evaluate the deeper rewards you gain through competing in dance competitions. The system of competing changes as the years go by, but the hard work always pays off. Competition day begins before the sun comes up. Depending on where the venue is located, one may need to leave the house as early as four in the morning to get there on time. Upon waking up, you quickly get dressed in your sequin-embellished sweat…

“Dance is life”. “Ball is life”. “Track is life”. Many young people say these phrases because everyone else does. In Instagram and Twitter bios, this is all you see from teenagers. I however, have never been one to follow the crowd. I've never felt like I needed to boast my love for dance on social media. It speaks in my performances, my ability to create choreography, my readiness in every rehearsal, and most importantly my confidence. In the third grade, I received a scholarship to dance…

Ever since “Tom” died, his mother, Anna LaFarge, began to lose her memories faster. Like a leak growing into a waterfall, a few fuzzy moments became much more. Every day she chanted simple tasks to herself like some magic spell in hopes she might remember it the next. The other townspeople noticed her madness when her occasional visits to town suddenly became more frequent. She ran through town daily, asking for her son although everyone knew he was dead. One month after the mysterious,…

History of Wands Wands have a long and rich history throughout time. From the first wand of the Egyptian priests and rulers using ivory amulets to todays wand made from magical trees and other magical materials, there have been many creations and re-creations to arrive at the semi-sentient object, we call wands. In Canada, the First Nations people had their own spiritual magic. Once the European wizarding community arrived, they brought their history and their wands. In 1722, Decusroggan…

Lilly Stepped in the classroom. All students were looking at her awkwardly. She sat on the first chair beside a girl because she was only one who offered her seat. She was wearing spectacle and reading her notes. Some other students were babbling about Lilly and making fun of her. She inclined her eyes and trying to ignore them. “Hi! I am Jennifer” said that Girl “and Whats your name?” “I am Lilly, I am a new student here.” said Lilly. “Good Morning Class, Please sit down on your chairs” said…

“Win the Fiery Antidote”: a Feminist Approach to Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market In a time when women did not have major roles in literature or their daily lives, Christina Rossetti’s powerful poem Goblin Market is published to empower women of the Victorian Era. This poem is about two sisters, Lizzie and Laura, who live alone in the middle of the woods. They go into the woods every day to get water from the river, where they encounter goblin men selling fruits. After Laura tries…

In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the main character, Prospero, uses magic throughout the play to fulfill his plans for revenge and regain the power of his dukedom. His magic is seen in his control of Ariel and Caliban, as well as his ability to create a storm at sea that causes King Alonso’s ship to crash. However, by the end of the play, Prospero has decided to give up his magic, now being fulfilled with the power of his returned dukedom. In 5.1, Prospero delivers a soliloquy discussing…

All over the world, from Ancient to present times, cultures have embraced the universal idea of magic. Through the use of texts originating from cultures and places all around the world, the theme of magic prevails, with variations within the cultures to differ the beliefs of magic, as well as similarities and recurring concepts to connect the theme of magic. A recurring concept in the subject of magic is the evil factor. The use of sorcery and magic leads to either the removing or blocking of…

“The Magicians” is a book on an advanced student, Quentin, going into college. He was on his way to get interviewed for Princeton, but when he got there, the interviewer had died. On his way home, he felt drawn to a narrow orchard, which lead to a school. He went in, took a test, and had past. He got accepted into a school of sorcery, Brakebills. For all of Quentin’s life, he loved the book series, Fillory, about magic, and he always thought it was real. After graduating Brakebills, he found a…

Snow blue and the 7 smurfs Once upon a time in a really wealthy Family who lived far away from the city where they would go through a secret road to get to their really nice mansion in “the secret hills” where only queens and kings lived with their descendants found out that their only daughter was having a baby, which made them so worry because years before their daughter was born the mom got a spell by an evil witch, no one knows what the spell is but when the clock turns 5 in the…