Shay Conley 11/09/2011 Research Paper Dancing “Fun.” “ Flowing.” “ Elegant.” “Wild.” “Graceful.“ “Beautiful.” These are all words describing a body movement to the rhythm and beats of music. “Dancing is your pulse‚ your heartbeat‚ your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in time and movement‚ in happiness‚ joy‚ sadness and envy.” ( “What is the Meaning of Dancing“) Dancing can be done with a partner or alone. The origins‚ styles‚ and important forms
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also be ceremonial‚ competitive or erotic. Dance movements may be without significance in themselves‚ as in ballet or European folk dance‚ or have a gestural vocabulary or symbolic meaning as in some Asian dances. “There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good.” Edwin Denby. Dance has not left behind identifiable artifacts that prove when dance was created. It is not possible to place a date on when it became part of human culture. For billions of years people
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Cheerleading: As “Sport” as it Gets Joy Anthony Contrary to popular belief‚ cheerleading takes a lot of skill‚ practice and team unity. Would you be able to stand on the shoulders of girl‚ and bear the weight of another on your own? Don’t feel too bad - not just anyone can. In fact‚ it requires extensive practice‚ precise technique‚ and incredible athleticism to pull off stunts like these safely. The official definition of a sport is this: “An activity governed by a set of rules‚ involving
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Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport‚ yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition‚ they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. Sideline cheerleaders’ main goal is to entertain the crowd and lead them with team cheers‚ which should not be considered a sport. On the other hand‚ competitive cheerleading is a sport. A sport‚ according to the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors‚ is a "physical activity [competition]
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2014 Cheerleading Tight uniforms‚ loud voices‚ pulled back ponytails with bows the size of their head‚ white tennis shoes‚ and girls being thrown into the air‚ is the typical definition of a cheerleader but what exactly is a cheerleader? A cheerleader is a person who is a member of a group who shout out special songs or chants to encourage the team and entertain the crowd during a game in sports such as football or basketball. Is it a sport? I hear a lot of the times that cheerleading isn’t a
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When did cheerleading officially become a sport? It became a high school sport in 1972. At that point‚ cheerleading became more athletic and challenging as coaches at cheerleading camps pushed the girls to try more acrobatic moves. In 1999‚ ESPN (the cable sports network) officially declared it a sport and began showing the national cheerleading competitions that were taking place around the country.As of the early 2000s‚ as many as 20 different high school organizations declare cheerleading as a sport
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Dancing has been an important part of my life for more than eight years. When I was eight‚ my mother enrolled me in dancing classes‚ never realizing it would lead to anything serious. For the first few months‚ dance was entertainment‚ something to keep me busy. Although I enjoyed taking classes‚ I did not become serious until the following year‚ when my favorite tap teacher told my mother to consider getting me involved in more competitive classes. That was the beginning of my long and successful
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runs out to see hundreds of screaming fans. The excitement flowing through the bodies and the two minutes and thirty seconds they have on that blue mat to show off what they got. Today‚ cheerleading involves skills which require the strength of football‚ the grace of dance‚ and the agility of gymnastics. Cheerleading has been tossed around for years as to whether it should be considered a sport or not. The United Nations has stated that a sport is considered “All forms of physical activity that contribute
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routine.” I fired back. “Whatever.” Tanya said and walked away with Jaqueline snickering next to her. The activity of cheerleading should be a sport for many reasons. It has many risks‚ and requires rigorous training. Over 1.5 million people all over the world participate in cheerleading‚ and that is just all-star. Cheerleading should be considered a sport. The sport of cheerleading is the 3rd most dangerous sport in the world. “According
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Is Cheerleading a Sport? Are cheerleaders just "flirts in skirts" or do they actually participate in a sport? When people hear the word cheerleading‚ majority of the time they automatically think of teenage girls dressed in pleated skirts with pompoms‚ jumping and cheering. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ cheerleading is the action or skills of a person or group of people who shout out special songs or chants to encourage a team and entertain a crowd during a sports game. This definition
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