interest of mine since i was five years old and began taking dance classes. Although I knew everything about learning and performing I had little knowledge about the choreographing process. I decided to learn these steps for my project to be able to construct my own dance in two years when I have my senior solo, as all seniors do at my studio. At the end of last year my dance teacher said if a fellow dancer and I wanted to choreograph our own dance for recital next year, she would definitely…
MY DANCE YEARS I was very excited about my first ballet/ jazz/ hip-hop dance class. That I was only five- years- old and I was tall for my age. I walked into the dance studio i was scared at first to make new friends, I met my dance teacher, she was nice, her name was Janet. Then after meeting my dance teacher I actually made a friend on the first day of dance class. The girl’s name was Kayln, she said she loved to dance just like me dancing really helped me to relax. I wanted to give up but I…
visually. There are many genres of dance, just like how there’s horror and romantic genres in music or film. Each dance genre can correspond to a period of time, gender, religion or musical tune. Within dance we have multiple occupations and purposes. Everything and everyone experiences different levels and variety of dances; even our eyes “dance” as we read words on the covers of magazines. There are many factors that determine your knowledge and likeness of dance. Maybe when you were just a…
hailed as the queen of south indian cinema in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Born in Travencore, Kerala, on 12th June 1932, she was the middle sister. Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini became popular dancers in different genres like Kathakali, Bharatnatyam and folk dance and came to be called the Travencore Sisters. The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They learnt Kathakali and Kerala Natanam styles of dancing from him.The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They…
American dance in the 1930 's by going to the roots of black dance and rituals transforming them into significant artistic choreography”-KDCAH Background/Personal Information About Katherine Dunham Katherine Mary Dunham was born on June 22nd, 1990, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She was born to her father Albert Millard Dunham and her mother Fanny June Taylor, and was the younger sister to Albert Dunham Jr. (Library of Congress). From a very young age Dunham was fascinated by the art of dance, but…
their technique. They are great because of their passion.” Personally, this is my favorite quote by Martha Graham and everytime I hear this quote I think about your amazing book, Someday Dancer. I have been training in dance, particularly ballet, since I was about two years old. Dance has been my only real and true passion for thirteen years now and I couldn’t imagine ever having to give it up. My whole life I have dreamed of becoming a professional dancer and dancing in New York, working in…
and dance on the playing fields, completely oblivious to what was going on during the games. In 5th grade, I was put into my first dance class as a hobby. This happened all because I watched the Disney Channel movie High School Musical and immediately fell in love with it. I showed the movie to my parents and told them, “This is what I want to do.” At the time I thought I excelled in both signing and acting and that all I needed were dance classes. So I started that year with just one dance…
If you asked me today if dance was ever an obstacle in my life I’d probably tell you no. In reality, dance was never really easy for me in the beginning. My journey as a dancer started all the way back to when I was three years old. Growing up, I was never really the girly type. I was more of a sports kind of girl thanks to my older brothers and dad. My mother on the other hand did not want me to go down that route, so she introduced me to the world of dance. It was a love hate relationship at…
yourself. It could be in when you were a little kid, or more relevant- high school. Elizalde wants us to reached 20 years later and picture ourselves committing everything that you are passionate about. I decided and committed to opening or running a dance studio business. Secondly,”No pain, no gain” (Elizalde para 20). Basically saying, you fall down, get right back up and do it again. This can apply to a dancers life because you literally go through blood, sweat, and tears. I been in this…
spent more than half of my life dedicated to dance. It has opened my mind to new possibilities, helped through hardships, and introduced me to amazing people. Determined student dancing, emotional woman fighting. I started dancing when I was three years old, and have been in love with the concept since then. This year, I decided to join the dance team at school, and it introduced me to a new type of environment. Dance Team has become my future of dance. I got pushed harder than I thought…