had felt like an endless lion dance performance. Bowing to the crowd‚ I heard various people yelling‚ “Wait‚ that was a girl?” I felt their surprised expressions and approval shine down on me as the result of the intense training I endured. As lion dancer‚ I never imagined feeling so triumphant. Growing up‚ my family was always there to belittle my sense of worth. My older sister‚ Theresa‚ successfully got my classmates to call me “Nobody”‚ which instigated bullying that lasted from elementary school
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Beauty “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” by Alice Walker is an essay describing her personal experience with what beauty truly is. Alice Walker is an African American writer who has won many awards for her writing. A few of these awards include a Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award. In her autobiographical story “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self‚” she tells us the story of how she tragically lost and then finally regained her self-esteem after much agony. She tells a personal
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A Dancer Who Inspires: Bill “Bojangles” Robinson “Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.” Carlos Ghosn This quote by Carlos Ghosn‚ a Brazilian-Lebanese-French businessman‚ perfectly describes the dance legend who coined the term “copacetic”‚ meaning in excellent order (Haskins 1990: 54). A big reason many look up to this dancer is because he was fully dedicated to his art form and hence a source of inspiration. Bill
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Life today is very fast-paced. Everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere and will push you out of the way to get there‚ like it’s some kind of race. In our personal lives‚ we have our cell phones‚ and maybe a home phone‚ scheduled play dates for our kids‚ microwaves‚ satellite TV‚ home security systems that don’t involve dogs‚ solar landscape lighting‚ automatic underground sprinkler systems for our lawns‚ and compact fluorescent lights to replace the incandescent bulbs that waste energy. In the business
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The 1920’s was a prosperous time for the economy. Hopes were high‚ and money was plentiful. For once in a long time since the war people were happy‚ and over optimistic. People were ready to go out and live their life free‚ and wild. They didn’t want to sit back‚ and just let life pass the by. They showed their need for freedom‚ want for something new‚ and all their emotions in music. They used it to express their feelings that they had no idea how to express‚ so they poured their heart‚ and soul
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Crossing boundaries is pushing yourself past the limits. There are many people that cross various boundaries‚ whether it is a physical boundary‚ cultural boundary or a mental boundary. This is seen in the prescribed text‚ the film ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ directed by Bruce Beresford. In this we see not only the main character Li cross boundaries but also‚ the minor characters‚ Ben and Teacher Chang. Crossing boundaries also heard in the Song ‘Love Story’ by Taylor swift. This song relates back to the
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Daily Life in the United States 1920- 1940 The era between 1920 and 1940 was filled with a multitude of challenges from wars‚ governmental reforms‚ to the great stock market crash. But within these difficult times‚ was born several significant inventions that would change the way of life for all Americans. Among those of most importance were that of the automobile‚ the radio and electricity. The automobile drastically altered the way people lived and worked by allowing Americans the freedom
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Life in The 60’s VS 2000 Life as people explain in the 60’s seemed to be less convenient but much cheaper in many different ways. There are so many changes that have occurred over the years. Life seemed to be similar in some ways but more laid back. Times have changed‚ now more people live life on the go. Life in the 60’s might have had their advantages‚ but life now is defiantly more convenient. The cost of living in the 60 was much cheaper‚ especially for people with children. Rent then
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Misty joined the American Ballet Theater studio company‚ Then in 2007 she became one of the youngest American Ballet Theater dancers to be promoted to a soloist and on June 30th 2015 Misty Copeland became the first african american female principal dancer in the american ballet theatre’s 75 year history. Misty is my inspiration and I know that being a professional dancer would be a lot of hard work and a lot of long hours but I don’t think of dancing as a job‚ because when I think of a job I think
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“Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self’ focuses around Alice Walker who did not feel beautiful most of her life because of a flaw she had. When she was complimented or told she was beautiful‚ she refused to believe it. But was the reason why Alice did not feel beautiful was because of her flaw‚ or because females are expected to look perfect? Would she have felt better about herself if she would have been a male? Alice Walker judged herself so harshly because she was a female‚ not a male‚ and
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