Dance Program Application Essay

I am a member of my high school’s student council, Girl Scouts, and also the chaplain of my school’s drama club.

The first experience of watching a ballet, for me or any little girl, can be fascinating and exhilarating. Wondering how a dancer can be so steady on her toes as she spins in circles and leaps through the air. Watching a ballet, there is a feeling of wanting to be graceful, as well as the warm sensation felt by a little girl as she slips into dream land. My mom had taken me to my first ballet when I was 11 years old. When we returned home home, she signed me up for classes at the local dance center. The expectations to become a prima ballerina would involve much hard work and concentration. I knew when I started it would take years of steady practice and commitment. Learning the history of ballet and the famous

During my high school career, I have participated in a large majority of the clubs available to me, and held officer positions in most of them as well. In both the National Honor Society and Medical Connections Clubs I am a member of two and four years respectively, and was elected treasurer of both for the 2017-2018 school year. National Honor Society has also given me many community service opportunities, including helping with the Night to Shine organization and a volunteering at a local nursing home.

I am interested on being a third to fifth grade teacher in a public elementary school and have spent the last three years working towards that goal. I want to attend this program in order to better prepare myself to teach students of this age range and be an active agent in curriculum planning. I would also like to continue my education past this level through either self-taught, continuing education, or online courses, and possibly attain a doctorate at a later time.

I spoke with Gina Massie, she had amazing things to say about the program. One of my fraternity brother “Ryan Gougis” was an intern in Springfield in which he mentioned this opportunity as well. The Paul Simon Institute had great feedback for the success rate of this program. I spoke with Linda Baker briefly about the program when she was at SIUC this week, and she gave me positive feedback as well as the encouragement to complete the application.

Ballet “Cry” simply showed to us real life of all African women. Every single American people know what kind of life they went through. Therefore it touched their heard. Alvin Ailey’s “Cry” presented wonderfully combined movements, technique and emotion. Ms. Donna Wood uses tragic face, a mask of sorrow. It is a face born to cry, but when she smiles it is with an innocent radiance, joyfulness that simple and lovely. She never tries consciously to please an audience. He was not only concentrating in movements and physical performance, but also using flowing white gown

She breaks all the images of American standard of beauty such as being physically pretty. She

Outside of my studies, I’m a member of 3 clubs: HOSA, Key Club, and National Honor Society. I am vice president of HOSA, serving as such for my second year, making this year my third year as an officer. I’m also a member of the Rome High School band for my 7th year in band. I was selected as a section leader for the mellophones this year.

I would like to have the opportunity to attend the Ag-Discovery Program at Kentucky State University because I am very interested in both Veterinarian Medicine and Agriculture. I would like to improve my knowledge and skills which will excel me in college and life. I have gained knowledge and numerous skills through 4H which have helped to shape my future career goals. I love attending conferences where I am able to network with people who share the same interests and common goals as me, gain new knowledge and experiences, and help point me towards the right path where I will benefit the most from.

I would like to participate in this program because it would help me solidify my decision in going to law school and becoming a lawyer. From my understanding, Howard's PLSEP program allows students to partake in classroom settings designed for future law students. Therefore, the classes that will be offered through this program will be rigorous. I will have my intellect challenged by the faculty of Howard University, as well as the scholars who participate in this program as well. This program would give me the best understanding of the law and allow me to comprehend if law is the best career path for me.

The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people, reflecting ethnic influences, historic events, and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and popular music. But, like so much that is “from America”, the history of jazz dance begins somewhere else.

The dance community that I'm part of encourages children and adults to be part of the performing arts. I am involved in this community because I love attending my dance school and it is a different style of sport. Some people at my dance school that are important to me are Jordana, Eire and Molly. I would say that I have participated in this community by attending and partaking in all of their events promoting the school such as the Christmas Pageant,

Why is this Graduate program right for you, both academically and professionally? What might you contribute to the program, both as a student and afterwards?

A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active.

I attended DancePlus show On Friday December 2, 2011 at 7:30pm at night. It was performed in the Victoria K. Mastrobounno Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. There were four different parts that I saw that day. All of the dances were very interesting and very different from each other. All of the dances had its own unique key factor that separated it from each other. I enjoyed the entire show very well. Out of all the dances I had strong reaction to “Lapa’s Lament”. I believe this specific dance stood out to me compared to the other dances from the show. This show had many different factors that stood out from other shows in the entire performance.