Hough: One Of The Million Dollar Dancer

At fifteen, Misty Copeland won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Award. Winning this big award brought her a lot of recognition. She began to audition for summer intensives, New York City Ballet being one of the many. New York City ballet rejected Copeland for “not having the right body type” and her teacher read the letter and bluntly said that copeland was really rejected for the color of her skin.

I have been dancing since the age of two. When asked about my career aspirations, there is no hesitation before saying “I want to be a dancer.” Being a dancer means putting all other distractions aside, and focusing on my craft. Currently, I dedicate over forty hours a week to dance, which is a schedule that requires sacrifice. When I am dancing, the rest of the world fades away, slipping out of my mind with relaxed importance. For that moment in time, I am completely free, wholly focused on my goals, letting me know dance is what I’m meant to do. With this realization comes a responsibility to myself and the work I have put into improving my craft thus far, and I know I must seek out the best opportunities for growth and continued learning.

"I quit" (Copeland 34). Those were the first words out of Misty Copeland's mouth as she walked out of her first ballet class when she was only thirteen years old (Copeland 34). This quote illustrates just how hard Misty Copeland has had to work to achieve the greatness she has accomplished. If one would watch Misty Copeland today he/she may not believe this. The clean lines along with the stretched fingers would leave the viewer to think she has been doing this her whole life. Copeland, being black, has had to overcome many barriers the common ballerina would normally not have to deal with. With her being only thirty-four years old, she has worked many stressful hours to earn her spot in today's dance world. She was born on September 10, 1982 and grew up with six siblings (Biography.com). She moved often during her childhood due to her mother having multiple boyfriends and husbands. Although her family did not stay in one place long, the one constant thing in her life has always been dance. Dance, being her only outlet in her life, enabled her to focus extremely hard on her training. Every decision she made revolved around her dance career, even at the age of thirteen. Her unstable childhood and life events may lead the reader to question: what qualities did Misty Copeland obtain that enabled her to become a significant person in the dance

Maddie Ziegler left Dance Moms in 2016 for better dance and job opportunities like being the youngest judged on “so you think you can

People can now be a talented dancer just like her by going to her dance studio and learning how to dance. People will give her credibility for teaching them how to dance.This gave her a historical credibility because when she died her dance studio will still be there and people will still going then as well. Also a dancer names Clarence Bradley went to her dance studio to start dancing and had a stage debut.People are going to her dance studio and are becoming icon and getter dancer like herself and Clarence Bradley. So no matter if she is still alive or not she will still be known as a dancing and having a dance studio that everyone goes

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.

I had just moved to Washington state and I auditioned for the local dance studio’s competition team for fun. I had no idea how talented they were. And I was just an untrained recreational dancer…Not surprisingly, I didn’t earn a coveted spot on the team it the first time I auditioned. That didn’t stop me from training seriously and auditioning for the team each year until I made it. And here I stand, now starting on my sixth year on the team and as one of the last people from my original team who decided not to quit when they started high school. Dance isn’t just twirling around in pretty pink tutus. What the general population doesn’t picture when they think of dance is the tremendous amount of strenuous work and the blood and sweat and tears that goes into every performance and competition. Certain dancers can’t handle it and quit when they realize they don’t have the passion. My passion keeps me living and breathing and most importantly, dancing, when times get

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

Competition is also not foreign to Gilbert. In addition to branching out into the administrative field with the Screen Actors Guild, Gilbert diversified her resume by participating in the television dance competition Dancing With the Stars.

“Once I graduated with my bachelor’s, I began to pull back from dance,” Ali said. “I realized that I was so much less happy and I quickly put together that dancing was always an outlet for me.”

The Golden dancer was a rocking horse that Drummond received from his parents as a child. However, the Golden Dancer broke the first time Drummond tried to ride it, thus teaching Drummond to never be fooled by external beauty again. He uses this as a symbol to stress the importance to Cates of finding the truth and exposing new ideas to people for what they actually are. Drummond advises Cates, “...whenever you see something bright, shining, perfect-seeming—all gold, with purple spots—look behind the paint! And if it’s a lie—show it up for what it really is!” (Lawrence and Lee 110). Cates is finally familiar with this message, for he has already revealed new truths of reality in his classroom. The jury may have found him guilty, but he won

That is pretty young to be dancing. She learned to love hip hop dance over any other style. She also enjoys jazz, contemporary, and also lyrical. She was one of the top 5 finalist on Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition and was the youngest contestant on season 2.

Another issue in this community would be the competition for the fame. Many dancers who aspire to improve, dream of holding the centerstage in the spotlight. The race to become the best is certainly something that every dancer is willing to achieve. The deadlines for dance gigs, making choreography, and the efforts to improvement are extremely strenuous. It is a good feeling when an individual knows he or she is best at something, but when the individual is constantly doing it like a chore and thinking it as a job to get done, there is no fun in what he or she loves to do anymore. In an article, “Trending Now: #Competition by Candice Thompson”, a dancer Ida Saki states she “remembers feeling somewhat look down upon as a trickster with no artistry

Julianne Hough starring as Katie Feldman began her acting career in the movie “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. However, she more recently starred in the movies “Footloose” and “Rock of Ages.” Hough also performed multiple times on “Dancing with the Stars” winning seasons 4 and 5. Reporter Sheila Roberts asks Julianne, “Julianne, can you talk about playing a domestic violence victim, what it was like and your research for it?” Julianne replies, “It’s a big responsibility to do it right, to where if somebody has gone through that, it feels real and honest to them. I went and talked to women in shelters. I know people, friends, family, my own experiences, but at the same time, it was such a safe environment to do it in” (collider.com). Acting technique is paramount to anyone wanting to become a serious actor. The goal of a trained actor is to become a fully realized three-dimensional character, with a rich backstory. “I think both Katie and I are fighters. People say it’s easy to walk away, but it’s sometimes not. It’s sometimes harder to walk away in situations. With this, it was her own journey of setting herself free. Obviously, she had the love of Alex and the security there now knowing that there are two people in this together. I liked the fact that Katie was the one who ended the situation between her and Kevin because she

The poem "The Harlem Dancer" is specifically about a women who dances. This is evident from the first two lines "applauding youth laughed with young prostitutes and watched her perfect, half clothed body sway." Despite the fact that the woman is a dancer the speaker finds beauty in her. He compares her voice to "blended flutes" given her an elegant qualities that seems to contradict the environment she is in. The speaker notices the way in which she carries herself on stage, with grace and calm. Even though she's a dancer she carries her self with pride, and in a way this shines more of her beauty. In line 10 reality finally sets in for the speaker when he acknowledges the "tossed coins in praise". He had been so mesmerized by the woman's elegance