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    Dance Is A Sport

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    There is not one sport that I can think of that has different levels of something such as dance. Ballet‚ which is the core of all dance‚ is an artistic dance form performed to music using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures. Believe it or not‚ there has been football players that use the ballet techniques right before they play on the field‚ because of the strengthening it does. Ballet is not always just flat footed though‚ as your foot and arch of the foot get stronger‚ you can and

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    The new film "Black Swan‚" directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman‚ is a mesmerizing tale of a young woman’s descent into fear and paranoia. Portman plays Nina‚ a ballet dancer with a major company in New York City. As a sheltered good girl‚ Nina is naturally suited to the pure and intricate "White Swan" role in "Swan Lake." But that same leading part also requires her to portray the seductive and malicious "Black Swan." To nab the all-important spot‚ Nina must draw from the

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    Bailey 1997 pg23) At the age of 12 Ailey joined his mother in Los Angeles where she was to work as cleaner for a wealthy white family “I remember very well seeing my mother on her knees scrubbing these white folks’ rooms and halls. That image is in my ballet cry” (A.P Bailey 1997pg32) Here he experienced the theatre and heard the music of Duke Ellington for the first time‚ who’s music he later came to create a total of 14 dances

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    since a young age. She was very skilled and she loved dancing. Betty loved dancing but she had some complication on the way. Betty Marie spent part of her childhood in Oklahoma. Betty found ballet which brought her out her shell. She took her first lesson at four years old. Betty from than on did ballet. After a couple years and many lessons she started to master and perform at concerts and later a local star. Betty performed at rodeos and county fairs after she got extremely popular. Betty

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    learned about many different types of dances. To start‚ classical modern dance has been around since the 19th and 10th centuries. This genre came out of Germany and the United States and is a theatrical dance style. Many choreographers rebelled against ballet and vaudeville in the 20th century and that is how modern dance started. Many Americans thought this dancing style was weird or odd because it was like nothing they had seen before. While watching the rite of spring‚ I did not feel that it was a

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    and legs face forward 2. Passe - movement in which the working leg passes the supporting leg‚ sliding close to the knee. 3. Demi Plie -A basic step in ballet; a smooth‚ slightly and graceful bending of the knees 4. Grande Plie -A basic step in ballet; a smooth‚ graceful bending of the knees; almost in seated position. 5. Releve -In ballet‚ a rising with a spring movement to point or demi-point 6. Flatback –stretch position in which the spine is parallel to the floor. The abdominals should

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    Personal Narrative

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    Shanghai‚ my mother took me to a ballet class. Back when I lived in Australia‚ I adored my dance classes‚ so when I found out I was overjoyed. As we headed to the studio‚ I had on a leotard that a parent from Australia had made for me. It was a gorgeous rose pink and its nylon fabric reflected against the light‚ with that a smooth‚ lightweight chiffon skirt wrapped around my waist‚ below‚ typical ballerina tights. I steadily walked into the class in my itty- bitty ballet shoes. As the class began‚ I

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    dancer”. Although this seems like a fairly simple answer‚ this means much more than a statement of my hobbies. Dance has been a part of my life since I was five years old. Ever since I can remember‚ I was in a dance studio surrounded by mirrors and a ballet barres. The classical music has become a part of my day to day soundtrack‚ I count in eights‚ and I live in leotards and tights. Stepping into a dance studio was like stepping into an extension of my home; which was always nice‚ because I moved around

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    What does it really mean to be a dancer? Anna Pavlova‚ Misty Copeland and Mikhail Fokin are just prominent examples of real dancers. For decades the only way to become a professional dancer was to be a ballerina and stand in a corps de ballet. Also taking the alternate route to do the impossible and be a principal dancer‚ which is better known as a prima ballerina. However in today’s society more jobs have been recently presented for dancers such as being a commercial dancer. The dance world is opening

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    type of mixed emotional energies and variation of movements is probably what drew the audience in most because of the sudden changes in mood. This powerful dance had an emotional and primitive theme. The dance most definitely heavily incorporated ballet‚ however there was a substantial amount of floor work involved

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