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Perhaps the very first image the general public would see in their mind’s eye, upon hearing the word “dancer”, is that of a darling little five year old girl in a pretty pink tutu and delicate ballet slippers stepping into her local dance studio for the first time. Take someone a little deeper into that thought, and they might see an overly thin, pale sixteen year old young woman, with collarbones and ribs showing working herself almost to death to earn a minor part in a dance chorus. Suggest that someone describe a dancer in the height of their career, and you might hear of a Prima Ballerina with the Moscow Ballet. Ask someone to visualize a dancer in later years, and they might picture an older woman with a greying bun atop her head, leading a class or perhaps helping younger dancer perfect a performance, who is likely ailing

In an interview for ‘Elle’ magazine, Misty Copeland, a principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre expressed her struggles with body image issues as a ballerina and how she believed it was society as a whole and not just

Ballet is a beautiful and romantic type of performance art. It originated in the Italian court systems in the 15th century (Jonas). Since its origination, ballet has undergone many changes and gained worldwide recognition. Filled with elaborate costumes, cheering audiences, lights, weightless movements and beauty; ballet is admired by many. On the magical stage ballerinas can become whoever they wan to be, and perform in a world of fantasy. For these reasons, children, especially little girls, all over the world dream of becoming ballerinas when they grow up. However, becoming a professional ballerina is an extremely difficult accomplishment, in which few will achieve (Kelso 1). The world of ballet may seem to be filled with glitz and

The focus on the perfect body was another aspect of ballet that Duncan disagreed with. Duncan herself was not very thin or muscular; she did not have the body of a ballet dancer, but she did not think that should matter (Daly 84). She believed that everyone should be able to dance and express him or herself. Dance should not be based on strength and body type, as

Douglas tries to change his readers’ beliefs about what it means to be dedicated to the idea that “All men are created equal’’ by explaining the injustices of slavery. One example Douglass writes about is when Colonel Lloyd would whip the slaves that took care of the horses because they either fed them too much or too little or they were too early or too late. According to the narrative, “ If a horse did not move fast enough, or hold his head high enough, it was owing to some fault of its owner.’’ ( Douglass, Chpt.3, Para.3) Colonel Lloyd whips the slaves for things that are out of their control. They can’t control the horse and tell it what to do and it’ll just listen. If it’s one little mistake and the horses aren’t intact, then it's on

As ballets were about telling stories or formulating movements, modern dance broke the rules and started to focus more on individual expressions. Loie Fuller (1862 – 1928), Doris Humphrey (1895-1958), and Ruth St. Denis (1877-1968) were pioneering women who took a stand and used their dance performance to speak up for women’s rights. Using dance, they significantly contributed to the Feminist movement in which they embraced self-expression and creativity so that women could be acknowledged in the dance field and in the society as a whole. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, they found for women’s rights by “taking dance to a new form, and creating dances to speak directly and intimately to the viewer” (Au 89). Loie Fuller, Doris Humphrey, and Ruth St. Denis demonstrated the transformation of dance with their innovation of costumes and stage lighting, incorporation of foreign cultures into performance, and creation of natural movements and individual expression that rejected the formal structures of ballet to deform a woman’s body, allowing women to be free from stereotype of a traditional woman.

Ballet has kept its classic and elegant movements the same but the way they see the female dancers has change the look of it. With ballet there are little dark secrets that are hidden and with it. No matter how nice the dance is there is going to be women that want look better than the next girl on the barre. The old look for dancers was to be short and have muscle because being on pointe is very hard. But now sense society wants girls to be all skinny so ballet with that took it to the extend. And with this many higher schools require their girls to not be on diets so that their fat they eat will be burned up by the end of practice. Having the thought many of the parents of young daughters are brought in to have a talk about how they can portion out their kid and also talk about the training they need to make a career out of this. But ballet is not all bad it has become to know with the more modern song, in which mean that ballet has became also fast beat and sassy when it came to the girls role. No matter what there is there is a fence with ballet that many love it or hate it just depends what side you’re on.

For over a decade, I stood at the same barre in front of the same mirror, and I watched myself change. Without my knowledge, ballet began to shape me as a person. Because of the grueling hours spent refining my technique, I developed discipline. Despite the hard days of practice, I never gave up. My body learned as well, and my muscles still contain the leanness of a dancer. Whenever someone compliments me on my ability to tie my hair into a bun on the top of my head, I always smile conspiratorially.

Equality has always been a very controversial issue. Some feel we should all be equal, while others feel they deserve more praise or opportunities than the person sitting next to them. In both the past and present, this phrase has become known. However, they have slightly different meanings now. When Thomas Jefferson wrote, “All men are created equal” he meant every guy is created by God the exact same way, therefore not a single person should have superioress over the other, while in the present it should be understood by, everybody born in America have the same rights resulting in there to be no excuse why not everybody can have a successful career.

This includes one’s looks, voice, or strength. To symbol all of these qualities, the story introduces the ballerina. Vonnegut says, “She must have been extraordinarily beautiful because the mask she wore was hideous. It was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two hundred pound men” (Vonnegut 3). This proves that the ballerina must hide her strength and beauty so she can be the average dancer. By being forced to hide these qualities, her rights are limited and she loses her freedoms. The government also thinks one's voice can be competitive, like the ballerinas. “She had to apologize for her voice, which was a very unfair voice for a woman to use” (Vonnegut, 3). Both of these quotes show that the ballerina was once seen as a beautiful, intimidating strong woman, now, she is an average girl, the same as anyone

One stereotype used against African Americans and ballet is that African Americans were too docile for the demands of ballet techniques. There is evidence to refute this claim. A piece of evidence is shown

In the second paragraph, O’Rourke states, “The sport’s obsessive focus on the body and self-presentation is like kerosene poured on the flame of female adolescent self-scrutiny. By some lights, women’s gymnastics has come to seem almost retrograde, anti-feminist.” It’s understandable that as a female former gymnast, the author may have strong empathy towards female gymnasts, but she seems to ignore that gymnastics is not a sport just for females. How could gymnastics be anti-feminism if both male and female gymnasts experience the same body and

Mrs. Farrell’s book is quite technical when it comes to the lengthy descriptions of the dances she rehearses and performs; from a dancer’s view these varied conclusions of the types of movements she was dancing is quite astonishing. In fact, it adds a whole new level to the imagination that can come alive in a person’s thoughts when they read an expressive book. Although the technical explanations will excited, astound, and reveal how much passion and deep meaning ballet had in Suzanne Farrell’s life, but a reader, who may not be involved in the arts will be unfamiliar with the ballet and musical terms in

Casey Brown has always wanted to be a dancer. When she was little, she took dance classes once a week every Tuesday. Casey loved it and rocked the stage every year at the dance recitals at the Williamstown High School. As she got older, she took a break from dance but came back after a few short years. She took a modern class and her teacher would always tell her to take a ballet class. So the next year, Casey signed up for ballet. Right away her teacher noticed that something about her.

While the anxiety surrounding boys doing ballet, and hence a sense of “isolation” attached to it, is frequently suggested through the real-life experiences of boys and male dancers, Dancin’s attempt to “masculinize” ballet seems less strong than that of Anglophone cultures. This corresponds with the Japanese media’s largely positive coverage of the young men who gain admiration and fame internationally with ballet or its athletic cousin, figure skating, to which I will return. This could be due to the fact that gender is understood (even if only slightly) differently in Japan, where “Historically, attention to male beauty [has] not [been] unusual.” And therefore, there may “be less stigma attached to men looking feminine in Japan.”