Irish dance

The modern ballet performance The Deep End exert 'swimming' is about Australians love for water. The piece is made of both modern ballet and contemporary. The dance could be interpreted in a couple of ways, either swimming in the beach or in a pool. The deep end was performed in 1996 by the Australian ballet and choreographed by Meryl Tankard. Meryl Tankard is one of Australia's greatest and most controversial choreographers. One particular move in section A of The Deep End was the circular…

It was a sunny day, we pulled up our car near the barn so we could help unloading equipment and horses. This was an important competition for me that I hoped to do well on. I tied my horse's halter on a loop built into the trailer and started to groom my horse. Shortly after i was approaching the competition rink and i could here my number being called. My heart was pounding as I pushed my horse into the rink, i was thinking of myself that this could go either way now good or bad. “Isabella…

developed through cheer are traits that I can utilize for the rest of my life. Most notably, cheer has taught me the value of hard work. My team at Kennedy High School has competed in 3 competitions through Sharp Internationals and Jamz Cheer and Dance. There were days I had to stay for practice until seven o’clock in preparation for the competitions. I often wanted to give up; I doubted my strength…

and finds the dance school she and Victor were talking about before they left Paris. Along the way, Felice finds a caretaker named Odette who used to be a ballerina. Then one day, when the mail came for a girl named Camille she took it so instead she could go to the dance school. Odette trained Felice every day so she could get the part in the Nutcracker. Every day there will be a girl leaving the dance school, so it was really painful and scary. Felice was really bad and the dance teacher said…

The Porcelain Ballerina Deep breath. The rushed flurry and excited chatter of set designers, costumers, and ballerinas surrounds her. She, a delicate young girl, sits in front of the dressing table in a soft robe. Gingerly, she lines her eyes in black and pats fine silver glitter onto her tired lids, which no amount of repose could restore. A coat of mascara, a dusting of powder, and a swipe of lipstick form a mask under which she hides herself from the harsh stage lights. Her beauty was…

and I was sent to a very small private school which had an average of ten kids per class. I adjusted easily and really enjoyed the social aspect of school. After Freshman year I decided I wanted to go to public school. I had always wanted to go to dances, be in parades and get involved in clubs that had always been inaccessible to me. However, reality hit me like a brick wall my first year at public school. I was quickly overwhelmed by the number of people. I soon noticed that…

I knew from the moment I walked in to Sleepy Hollow park in Des Moines that I was going to have a good time. I was there for the Renaissance Faire during the Pirates and Wenches week. The smell of food and the sound of chatter was heavy in the air as a man dressed as a knight gave us a wristband, confirming that we had paid to get into the fair. I grinned at Sydney, and she smiled back, our excitement showing. My parents talked about the events as they looked over the schedule, but I wasn’t…

Figure skating has always been an aesthetically pleasing sport, but people always fail to realize what kind of physical toll it takes on the athlete. These “princesses of ice” go through not only physical distress, but also emotional distress with the ongoing obsession to be perfect and the “best”. This unhealthy obsession can make a person go mad, which opens up discussion on arguably one of the most memorable moments in the entire sport: the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan 1994 incident.…

parents noticed that she wasn’t being challenged enough, so they decided that starting in third grade to attend Faith Academy School of Excellence. Years later she made plenty of new friends. Her favorite sports are: Softball/ baseball, gymnastics, dance, and soccer. Her favorite teams are favorite…

deep sense it is who you are.” (Wainwright, Williams, and Turner, 2005, p.49). As this quotation suggests, dance is often considered a major source of identity for dancers. Mainwaring, Krasnow, and Kerr (2001, cited in Eusanio, Thomson, and Jaque, 2014) suggest that one’s self-identity is often defined by one’s work- for dancers, their work is their dancing, hence their identity is defined by dance. Therefore, this may be particularly applicable to student dancers who have grown-up dancing. As…