My Passion For Dance

From the first day I walked into the dance studio at 3 years old, I knew I wanted to be a dancer. From age 6-13 I got straight a’s, had many friends, and danced at least 10 hours a week. I thought high school would be the same, but the reality was I had to make new friends and the school load was harder. I decided freshmen year to join the robotics team but soon enough I learned it fell on the same day as dance. In the past I wouldn’t have given dance up for anything, but I decided to join. That same year, I auditioned for Inlet Dance Theatre’s Summer Intensive and received a scholarship and an opportunity to perform with Inlet’s professional dance company on Cain Park’s stage but I had broken my foot two days before the show. Dancing with

Whether rooted deeply through generations of a family or formed through an experience, passions and fascinations are what drives us, humans, to be who we truly are. At this point in my life, I do not want to reach comfort or perfection, but rather feel composed and confident in what I chose to merge my ballet skills with. When I dance, I escape reality and feel a pure exhilaration.This sensation shapes my curiosity and interest in the human anatomy. From the elements that make it up to ways in which people individually move their bodies, the human body is absolutely fascinating. Specifically, I am passionate about teaching ballet to younger students. By introducing ballet to kids early on, they will experience the same joy almost all dancers feel for a longer period of time. When I’m dancing I’m challenging your mind, releasing endorphins, and working hard. I am also eager to own my own business linked with teaching that will provide people with affordable dance equipment, and even more crucial, advice on what suits each person's personal needs. I know as I grow old my body will not be as capable as it once was, but I’m dedicated to spreading my appreciation of ballet to others. Overall, my passion for ballet and how I can utilize it to positively impact society as an entrepreneur has developed through the inspiration of my grandparents, the creativity of my former dance teachers, and my interest in the human bodies relation to ballet.

Becoming a cheerleader at such a young age, being on the cheer mat became a happy place for me. I spent thirteen out of my eighteen years of my life cheerleading and it is definitely something that means a lot to me. Being on the cheer mat whether at practice or at competition has taught me many life lessons that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Having such caring and dedicated coaches made my experience so special and unique. My passion for cheerleading shows tremendously as soon as I step on the mat, and learning many life lessons from cheer has shaped me into the person I am today.

Curiosity, undoubtedly, is one of the universal characteristics of a child. The innate desire to explore and understand comes just as naturally as eating and sleeping. For example, I was eager to discover how my mother was able to play such enchanting melodies on the piano. While she methodically pressed each key, I observed as the corresponding hammer struck a set of strings to produce a pleasant sound. My curiosity and the love of music sparked my desire to learn the piano; thus, leading me to learn and ceaselessly play for the past 12 years.

Passion; an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. The latin origin of the word ‘pati’, meaning to suffer. For me running is my passion in every sense of the word.

When I first started to dance my family was very supportive and helped me prepare. There was never dancing in my household, dance was an interest I developed on my own. I have a very small family so it's just me, my mom and dad so we do not have special events with music and dancing. My mom and dad is very supportive of my dance aspirations. Especially my mom has pushed me during the times that I no longer wanted to dance and she has encouraged me to keep dancing and keep trying my best. When I was in my junior year of high school I was questioning if I wanted to dance anymore because I wanted to feel the freedom of being a “normal” teenager and go out with friends after school and not go to dance rehearsals all night long. My mom encouraged me to remember why I danced and that I have a gift and I shouldn't waste it. Looking back at my experiences of balancing high school and competition dance I do not regret it. I am very proud that I stuck with it. When ever I have rough day at dance or am feeling frustrated with it I will always think back to what my mom had said to be and channel her words of encouragement.

When I first glanced at the prompts and saw the one that asked me to speak of a passion of mine, I knew that this was definitely the prompt I had to choose. My passion is my love for comedy. Comedy has always been a huge part of my life and continues to be to this day. It has encompassed my life for as long as I can remember. Whether I was looking to others to make me laugh, developing laughter from being around my family, or myself making others laugh the memories are embedded in my mind. With these memories I have come to the conclusion that I have always found a way to make others laugh. I really don’t know if I make people laugh to gain friends or some other reason; whatever it may be, it has sparked a realization that this is something I love to do.

Everything I brought with me, the memorized routine and the tune of the music still left in my head, seemed to drain out of my body. Not one drop of it left. All I could do was glance over at my other group members, perfectly performing the piece, and copy their movements. It felt as if it was the very first time I saw the dance. I did not have time to feel any sadness or embarrassment. When I walked out of the room, I could hardly remember what I was doing, as if I was trying to recall a dream I dreamt years ago.

While I was unable to dance myself, composition class gave me the opportunity to create with my peers. I fell in love with the process of creating movement and teaching others. In hopes of helping me to stay busy and keeping my mind off of not being able to dance my mother suggested that I volunteer with the DISD summer dance intensive held at Booker T. I had danced in this

“Oww,” I winced as my knee buckled for about the millionth time that day as I tried to practice my pirouettes for the dance audition starting in a couple of minutes. “Come on” I thought to myself wondering why my knee chose this exact time, this was important, I needed to nail this audition so that I could earn myself a spot in Company 2 this year. It was heart wrenching to think that I could be in Company 1 in 7th grade! “Get in order according to your number,” the dance teacher noted and I did as fast as I could,everyone knew that auditions were a non nonsense matter.Finally, the audition started, the Dance Instructor lead the stretching routine and then told us to go across the floor, he taught us what we needed to show and turned on the music. I thought to myself ,”run, run arms rounded in first when you run; a brush

I have always had a passion for music and the music industry, and my parents and I both knew that I was not going for school, unless it was for something music related. The music industry is such a broad category and there are so many moving parts within this sector. I chose music promotion for my career project, because it would allow me to go in and out of different departments within the music industry, along being able to work alongside creative individuals for artists. Pursuing a career in music promotion would allow me “to have my cake and eat it too,” so to speak.

The world is packed full of talented individuals. Every individual has something that can be considered a talent. Specifically, in musical theatre, talented actors, singers, and dancers are in abundance. But being “talented” isn’t what makes a successful artist. The industry has created a skewed vision of “success”. Many consider a successful artist to be simply talented, but I believe it goes beyond talent. One’s work ethic and character should be equally if not more prioritized than talent. Though talent is completely necessary, one must realize that as actors, we will encounter a multitude of contrasting roles, but the role we will play for the rest of our lives is ourself.

Ballet is an elegant dance style that has been taught for centuries, and I am excited to be learning more about this style of dance. Having started taking dance classes in middle school, I developed a love for it and hoped to revisit that love through taking dance classes at Oklahoma State University. Through this ballet class, I have learn more about technique and how to improve my technique when dancing. I have my strengths when dancing, but I also have my weaknesses. Therefore, it’s my hope that this class has and will continue to correct my weaknesses and reinforce my strengths.

She encouraged us to ask questions if we needed to, something that eased my mind slightly, but as she outlined the course of the class for the next month and the rigor of the technique and choreography we’d learn, that glimmer of hope soon went down the toilet. We went around the seated circle, playing the generally awkward, yet apparently obligatory game of introductions as the eight girls surrounding me talked about their twelve years of prestigious studios and teachers. The most socially mortifying moment of my life had to be when it was my turn, as I stumbled out the fact that I had taken one year of Jazz, a generous description for the six-month class I had taken on Basic Dance Fundamentals. The second the last word left my mouth, a quick shared look among the other dancers confirmed how they all felt about me: I was the weak link, that one person in every dance class who struggles and gets put in the back at the

Almost all little girls start their primary schooling years wanting to play school and wanting to learn. At home they act like they are teaching their own classroom and leading their group of students in front of them (most likely a stuffed animal), but their imagination, creativity, and eagerness to learn is at the peak when they begin their first day of school. Ever since that day I still want to be an educator and to make a difference in this field for the better. I have always found that the most intriguing thing for me in life is conveying knowledge and skills onto other people and watching in their eyes when the switch finally clicks that they understand what I have been trying to teach them. Knowing that the impact you made for just that short amount of time in that child’s life may never be forgotten.