Amelia Lee Miller Dance Moms

The light shine down and the music surrounds her as she dance into the air and across the stage. The audience yells and clap for her as the curtain close. It’s the end of another work week for Jane Onwuegbuchu. Jane comes from a very huge family of 8, where it’s very hard for her to be at the center of attention, especially being the 5th child. Jane was born in Houston, Texas on June 22, 1987 to Rosaline and James Onwuegbuchu. She started dancing at the young age of 3 with Elite dancers and fell in love with dancing since then. “Growing up as a child, Jane was a very good child, she loved dancing and just seeing her dance melt my heart. She was a part of a lot of dance organization, church, youth dance team etc… You name it and she was there,”

It’s a year later and Leah loves ballet. She’s even trying to get some dance classes at her school. All of her football friends took some classes of ballet and loved it as much as Leah so now they’re in ballet too! Leah overall learned how the knowledge that her mom had versus her ignorance that knowledge is always going to win over

Ryan goes on to say that Fredrika could still have a future in professional dance in a separate genre, failing to consider that the building blocks of most dance genres are based in ballet, and many teachers of other types of dance would still want their students taking ballet in addition to their classes. Another important factor is that Fredrika is a child and her body is going to change significantly as she gets older. Fredrika may not have the “ideal” body for ballet as an 8-year-old, but as she develops into an adult her body may fit the archetype that is sufficient for ballet. Furthermore, should Fredrika’s body, possibly, become the definitive ballet body, she would still require the training she is seeking to be able to compete as a professional.

When she was younger, it wasn’t hard for her to learn the new choreography.She was a natural dancer,but no matter how well of a dancer she was she knew that she could always improve her skills. She also became a local dancer and she performed at rodeos and county fair. One of instructor said “She didn't know learn the basics.” She needed to be taught the basics.

Lauren Anderson’s career is impressive she has several accomplishments. I was surprised to hear that when she first started dancing Ballet at age 7 she hated it. When she explained how she was not even able to go out and play with her friends I realized how even children must make sacrifices to excel on their dance dream. I was also surprised by how the prices of the pointe shoe have increased since she started dancing and how the Houston’s Ballet budget is more for shoes than anything else. Another interesting comment that she made was when she talked about how as a dancer she had the opportunity of traveling all over the world and how her favorite place is New York. I believe this is great that dancers get the opportunity to see places around

“They look like prostiTots!” Christi Lukasiak, famous mother on Dance Moms, exclaims as her 8 year old daughter struts across the room in her bright blue bra. Lukasiak, and the other eccentric moms of the hit TV show, dress their daughters every week in little bikini sets and have them dance on television for thousands of viewers. The moms, like many others in the media, recognize that girls in skimpy clothing sells. But this sexualization of kids is very dangerous. Studies have shown that girls as young as six believe their value comes from how sexy they are. And where else do they learn this than from the hundreds of advertisements, TV shows, and movies featuring girls their age in proactive attire (Davis). The impact of this sexualization

When I look at Misty Copeland I see an athletic, inspirational African American woman. She has broken major barriers in the dance world by being the first African American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. Her determination inspires me in many ways. Being a dancer, there are multiple times where you did not receive the opportunity you was hoping for; however, Misty Copeland did not give up. She kept working to become the best she could possibly be. Misty Copeland inspires me because she showed me that young African American females can make it far in the dance world if they put their minds to it. Despite many dancers feeling the will not go far because of numerous racial stereotypes in the ballet world, Misty Copeland shows many

Katherine Dunham, an African American dancer from Chicago Illinois had a very successful dance career in American and European theatre in the 20th century. Dunham was a choreographer as well as a dancer. She directed her own dance company for many years before she died May 2006. Dunham was known as the “matriarch and queen mother of black dance” meaning that she was the “head” or “leader” of black dance. Her works and pieces all showed similarity and differences throughout the time in which they were produced. Most of her works were not solos but they were danced with her and her company in which she taught various classes based on her technique.

Her teacher saw Copeland’s ability and encouraged her to take ballet classes. She took classes at a local dance club Copeland and was shortly moved to pointe. Copeland was thriving at dance, but her family life was difficult. She moved in with her dance teacher where she was able to train and perform. Copeland was offered many opportunities to perform in “The Chocolate Nutcracker,” and charity events.

Miller is mostly famous because of tap dancing in her early movies. She holds the world record for the most taps per minute; 500 taps. She is often called one of the greatest female tap dancers in the

Feminism plays a large role in many dance styles in today's society. It is a key tool to use while teaching younger students as proved by the women showcased in the films provided as well as in the articles, “The lens in which I look through everything now is feminist theory and pedagogy” (Jennifer Bolt). Throughout the interview, Bolt touched on how she felt as if she had a loss of voice when it came to fighting for the dance program, it connects back to her learning about how women had to fight for their voice in society when she was just a girl. Claire Wooten explained how she tended to steer away from what she called “The F word” (Wooten) when directing her classes due to how announcing feminist theory right off the bat seemed to put people off. Wooten stated she directed her classes from an emancipatory standpoint, attempting to remove herself from the equation to heighten student experience and self-progression.

Hoping to join a company soon, Elizabeth is currently a freelance dancer. In high school, she performed with Verb Ballet’s Peter Pan, Joffrey’s Nutcracker, and Royal Winnipeg's Nutcracker. Elizabeth has competed several times at Youth American Grand Prix in both classical and contemporary categories and even choreographed her own solo. She also is passionate about teaching children to love ballet and shares love for ballet with her students at Elite Dance Academy in Brunswick. Elizabeth is studying to be a clinical laboratory scientist at Cleveland State University.

“Dance offers so many opportunities,” Charlotte explains to me as she looks off to the distance, “it provides not only a challenge physically and mentally, but also an opportunity to express your personality”, and that’s exceptionally important for teenage girls who sometimes struggle with finding a way to open up to outsiders. This hasn’t proven to be a potential problem to Charlotte, however, since she admits to becoming a much more confident person after these years of dance experience. As for what Charlotte wishes to pursue later in life as a career, she’s still exploring all the new opportunities she has, and for now, it remains a

All this came to a creation of the story of how she got famous for ballet, but thats not all of it. The whole structure and background of this is describing how different and how tough it was to achieve high class standards in america in the early 1920’s. Being made fun of, getting rejected, and the common thoughts of racism all go into this paragraph if you think of it. Even if you were already the best at something they would still tell you to try harder, (even though they probably still do today), to come one with the

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