Meredith College Autobiography

Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and having attended the Juilliard Summer Dance Intensive this past summer, I understand the commitment and dedication required to flourish and develop within this art form. When you put this much time and energy into something as amazing as dance, constantly making sacrifices, spending long hours in the studio weekly and missing nights out with friends, you discover something more. You begin to break away from something average or common. I don’t want to be mediocre, I want to reach my fullest potential, and push right past it, and I believe going to college will help me achieve

When I started volunteering at Utica Dance in the fall of 2014, I was just as nervous as the newly enrolled dancers in the class I was about to teach. Even though I was only the Volunteer Assistant to the Dance Instructor, I felt as if a heavy responsibility was placed upon me. I oversaw almost twelve children ranging from seven to thirteen who all wanted desperately to become professional dancers, many of which are still pursuing that dream. On top of that, all these children had begged their parents to sign them up for an expensive, intensive fundamental ballet program; then dragged their parents to buy tights and leotards; then dragged them into the waiting room of a dance

I danced at Tina’s Dance Studio in Eldridge, Iowa for 12 consecutive years before I graduated high school. There I studied in ballet, pointe, contemporary, modern, lyrical, tap, jazz, hip-hop, musical theater, gymnastics and clogging. I was also a part of the competition team for eight years. We not only did local competitions and conventions, but we traveled and went to nationals in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. I also danced in shows in Disney World and on a Carnival Cruise Ship. In high school, I was on the varsity Dance Team winning three state titles in pom and lyrical eventually traveling to Nationals. A few summers ago, I trained with Hubbard Street Dance in Chicago with their summer intensive focusing on modern, contemporary and ballet. During my senior year of high school and this past summer I taught classes in jazz, tap and contemporary for students 8-16 years old. I also self-choreographed three competition solos. Here, at Ohio University, I am a member of the dance team doing dances at football and basketball games.

She gave ballet lessons

“What are you even doing here? I have never seen such flawed technique in all my years as a choreographer.” The words echoed throughout the medical college auditorium. Impelled by the admonishment in front of my peers, I persevered in my endeavor to improve upon my dancing prowess and by the final year of medical school was leading the college dance team. The above mentioned undertaking further spawned an interest for the discipline of Latin Ballroom which lead to participation at the national level. The unwavering focus and persistence even in the face of unfavorable odds is more broadly reflective of my approach towards learning, both academic and extracurricular. This has been instrumental in achieving stellar academic outcomes including being ranked nationally in the top 0.0004 percent in the premedical test and the top 0.6 percent in the common aptitude test for management training.

With 15 years under her feet, Johnson is a Dance major going into her sophomore year at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette under the training of Marie Broussard, Kenneth Jenkins and Dina Melley. She practices many styles of dance but

Visited a total 7 countries, including: France, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico and Belgium. Trained with some of the best ballet master from the Paris Opera Ballet and sweated up to 10 hrs per day 5 days a week. Now I have transferred to UTEP so that I can graduate with my B.F.A. in dance with the help and guidance of Lisa Smith, the chair of the department. My accomplishments have not ended, they will not end when I graduate from UTEP, and they will not end 5 years from now. I would like to dedicate my time educating myself and the rest of the world. Teach them they have their own creativity and that they can learn how to develop it for their own benefit and to achieve their accomplishments just like I

At college level and as a student at Laney Community College in Oakland, she minored in Dance and simultaneously, for 3 years, held the position of Administrative Assistant to the Dean of the Music/Dance Department. Joan also studied West African, Modern and Jazz dance during her time at the Laney Community College.

Journal Entry #1 - If I was Meredith at the point in Chapter 1, I would have told my mom that I did not feel comfortable around my dad. Since he has been charged with child molestation. Why is it that Sharon forces her dad back into her life? On (Pg.17)Meredith expresses her feelings “… and turn to leave because my father and I are not supposed to be alone together, and we all know it.” I predict that they are not going to get along throughout the book.

As far back as I can remember I've always gone to professional dance performances and taken a variety of dance and fitness classes such as aerial silks, trapeze, tap, break dancing, ballet, yoga, contemporary, hip hop, afro jazz, and many more styles of dance and movement. In seventh grade I went to a master class for the Bad Boys of Dance and then saw their show. Their creativity and skill made a big impression on me and I fell in love with dance and movement. Learning how to express feelings and emotions through your body. Having been apart of the KPAC, Prince Dance, for almost seven years has really opened doors for me. There have been numerous master classes with established professionals. I have been involved in private dance parties and performances held as fundraisers for both Prince Dance and the

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.

I attended UWM’s dance program from 2004-2008 where I made friends with Megan Zintek (to me, she’ll always be just Megs). When my daughter was 2 years old, I was looking for dance classes to put her in and discovered Megs had opened her own dance studio, Bella Via in Mequon. Thankfully my daughter inherited my dancer gene and still enjoys taking classes there. I’m so thrilled that a UWM graduate is using her arts degree and started a business that she is passionate about. I’m very proud of Megs.

Webster University’s artistic director, Beckah Reed was very welcoming to me and the other dancer that was having a tour. She was able to tell me more about the program and how they were planning to evolve in the coming years. She was able to explain a BA verses a BFA in dance and how taking an emphasis on either ballet or modern technique could affect the courses that I would need to take in their program. I was able to watch about fifteen minutes of both of their morning ballet classes, one with Michael Uthoff and the other with Alicia Graf Mack. I was able to take class from Alicia during Senior Showcase and after that communicated to her through email about a date I could visit the campus that would work for both her and my family. The

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.

With her dachshund sweaters, dangling glass earrings and heart warming smile, my grandmother, Martha Grace, is a character from the moment she catches your eye. The wide and contagious smile Grammy proudly wears could truly light up any room. However her looks are undoubtedly not her most impressive attribute. During a time when very few women attended college, Grammy was able to receive her Bachelor's degree from Smith College. Her life took off after college and she married her first husband, Nathan Grace. After getting a divorce from Nathan whom which she had two children with, Grammy became a stay at home mother. However this uneventful profession had Grammy longing for excitement. In order to satisfy her desire for excitement and adventure,