Miller Street Dance Academy

From kindergarten until high school, I was a member of the Jean Wolfmeyer School of Dance. Up to 5 days per week, I would be at the dance studio taking classes, rehearsing for shows, and helping out in the less advanced classes. Regardless of skill level, Jean never hesitated to speak the brutally honest truth about students’ performances and she never settled for anything less than perfection. Jean would often preach that she is only the instruction manual and she cannot make us good dancers, we had to do that for ourselves. However, it was not her critique or teaching alone that motivated dancers to perform well, it was her relentless work ethic and commitment to her studio. As a 70 year-old women, Jean held classes as much as 7 days per

The Faculty Dance Concert featured Jessica Ruth Abbott, Sarah Susie Hong, Esther Jung, Evona Markanian, and Shawnee Amara Williams. The Faculty Dance Concert also featured Delineation Dance Company. The group was created by Devon Smith and Lisa M. Anderson. Lisa M. Anderson has a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Dance from Keene State College. Lisa also attended the University of California, Irvine and graduated with a Master’s degree in Dance. Lisa has been featured in the Fullerton Hornet and Dance Magazine. Devon Smith studied at Alvin Ailey and joined the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, to perform around the world. She later became a Choreographer for the Royal Caribbean Cruise. In 2008, Devon Smith moved to New York and choreographed music videos and tours. Devon Smith is currently working for Breaking Ground Dance Center and Central Park Dance. Both Lisa and

Olivia Plamann is a fifteen year old sophomore at Sartell High School. Her friends call her Liv, and she was born on June 10th, 2001 in St. Cloud, Minnesota to her two parents, Pat and Joy Plamann. Olivia also has a younger sister, Ella, who attends the Sartell Middle School. Olivia is a very talented dancer, and she has been on the Sartell High School dance team for two years now. When she is not dancing, Olivia enjoys to play with her two dogs, named Packer and Baxter, and she also enjoys watching Netflix. Olivia’s favorite show to watch on Netflix is Glee. She also enjoys to listen to music, particularly of the pop genre. She cannot pinpoint her favorite artist, however, her current favorite song is Coffee by Miguel. Once Olivia graduates

The New York City Ballet conducted a dance performance titled “New Beginnings” on the 57th floor of the Four World Trade Center in New York. The performance took place September 12th, 2013 and was intended to commemorate September 11th, 2001. A tragic event, such as September 11th, tends to leave a bitter taste in one 's mouth. The public is generally heartbroken, angry, and distressed. This performance seeks to influence the general US audience by using dance as a means of changing the perception of the aftermath of disaster. By following a narrative structure, the dance performance begins by setting the scene of New York City. The performance is then followed with analogies through dance designed to provide moments of action, climax, and resolution. The New York City Ballet uses pathos and an instance of logos through movements to enforce their attempt to alter one’s perspective. There is plenty of pathos used throughout the dance performance in order to motivate a change in thinking from the audience. I believe this strategy was extremely effective because by influencing how the audience emotionally reacts to the performance there is more likely to be a change in audience perception. The ballet incorporates inductive reasoning by taking the specific situation of September 11th and implying that, after tragedy, we will ultimately have a “new beginning”. I believe the logical appeal of this implication is effective because the audience is naturally inclined to believe if

Most of my free time is spent involving myself within my community. I volunteer at Celerity Dyad Charter School, St. Odilia School, church youth group, and cleaning my community. I enjoy helping out since I know I’m improving my community. These experiences have helped me develop skills of interacting with people from different cultures. I also involve myself at school with Cooking club, Delta club, Spanish club, Dance team, Folklorico team, National Honor Society, and Bachata team. I will continue being an involved person because I get to experience different places and people.

Dancing is a historical tradition. Hip-hop dancing has been alive at social functions for centuries, and Popping and Break dancing are the old school days gone by. In recent years, Hip-hop dance has proved its long lasting presence in our lives. It is in our media, our music and day-to-day social functions. It isn't usually taught parent-to-child so people are seeking schools where they can learn. With Dance sport being considered as a medal sport in the next Olympics, more people will be exposed to Social and Hip-hop dance.

We're Dancin' is a dance school that is located in Matthews, North Carolina. We’re Dancin’ is a premiere dance studio serving the Charlotte/Matthews/Mint Hill areas. The classes they offer include tutus and tumble, beginner - experienced 4-5 dance/gym, beginner - experienced 6-8 dance combo, beginner - experienced 9-12 dance combo, advanced 9-12 dance combo, teens dance combo, hip hop, and gym 1-2. We're Dancin' teaches ballet dancing. They provide superior

The La Costa Canyon High School Winter Dance Recital was a fun and upbeat, communal experience that allowed the opportunity to watch fellow students excel in their own individual strengths. Each dance was creatively choreographed to portray a message whether slow or fast, happy or sad. The overall experience was enjoyable and definitely repeatable.

The prestigious dance company located on the Manly Wharf, Walsh Bay supports a great following and appreciation of dance. Since 1985 the company has called The Wharf in Sydney’s Walsh Bay home. Being minutes from the city’s iconic Bridge and Opera House it gains a lot of attention by new comers to the city. Its studios can hold the most attending dance students in Australia, with nearly 80,000 attendances annually. An opportunity with a pre-professional course in dance was offered to dancers of the company during 2014. This would offer students the likelihood to gain experience with a number of Australia’s most well-known choreographers.

The Repertory Dance Company Fall Dance Concert was held at the Mannoni Performing Arts Center. The dancers involved in this dance concert are part of the University of Southern Mississippi Dance Department meaning they are either pursuing a degree in dance or teach dance at a university level. Both students and faculty had the opportunity to present work during adjudication to be chosen to be presented at this concert. I particularly enjoyed this concert because, while all of the dances presented were a part of the broad genre of modern dance, each dance had such a unique aesthetic so the concert still provided a great amount of variety to keep the audience captivated. The two pieces I have chosen to review represent this variety very

On April 14, 2017, my friend and I visited for the first time Salt Lake City Community College dance company’s annual performance. The show was presented at the Grand Theater at the South City Campus of the college. The performance’s name “Moving Words” imply what the audience was about to experience. “Moving Words” consists of 18 different dances and each of those dances brought a unique feeling to the overall performance. I thought that the dancers and choreographers have done an amazing job. However, after seeing all the different dances there were two that stuck together with me, because of the ideas and the morals these dances introduced.

For the past six years, I have been dancing at Shirley Matta Dance Academy. I have been taught many dances of different variety such as jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, etc. The studio has recently begun offering Pointe classes, which I also attend. In addition to attending the studio, I also assist in teaching dance and gymnastics classes there. This has been an experience that I will never forget, especially since I spend most of my time at the dance studio. It has helped me in so many ways. Not only have I improved immensely as a dancer, my communication and leadership skills have skyrocketed as well. In fact, every Tuesday, I currently teach ballet to a group of about fifteen girls between the ages of 7-10 year all by myself. In

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The dance community that surrounds me has been the most impactful in my life. My mother first signed me up for dance classes when I was only four years old, and now almost fifteen years later I am still dancing. I started out at a dance studio in Gresham, Oregon, where I then danced for ten years. I took classes, performed, and started competing against other dancers and studios around when I was nine years old. It didn’t hit me that I enjoyed performing until I started dancing in more and more shows. Dance was a struggle for many years at this specific studio. There was a lot of moves that I couldn’t do, and I got left behind, as the other dancers my age improved and became more flexible. I felt like I owed the teachers, staff, and other

In one my classes; Dance Appreciation, I had an assignment to view a dance piece on YouTube. The dance that I viewed was called “She without arm, he without leg, Hand in Hand”. The dance was not only informative, but it was enlightening to watch.