What life lessons has dance taught you? Dance has taught me that you can never give up on your dreams, even if they seem unattainable because one day, your dreams may come true. Dance has also taught me to strive for greatness in all that I
I really need that now as I’m in high school and there are more challenges than before. Ms. Melinda pushes me to improve my technique and increase the difficulty of my dancing. Trying new things led me to places I never thought I could go and chances I never thought I would be able to get. Ms. Melinda has given me so many chances and opportunities. I really appreciate
In the video, the dance looked like it was very easy to execute but having already been in the technique class all year, it is amazing to know that doing the movements correctly is actually difficult. May O’Donnell constructs her pieces with the use of spacial structure. She organizes her dancers so that different groups are spread out differently throughout the stage and at times she uses all dancers in one singular spacial structure, like a diagonal. She changes the organization on stage frequently so that the audience would be constantly captivated by the rapid action on stage. She also uses many other choreographic tools to keep the attention of the audience and bring contrast to her piece.
Suggestions for Improvement – Variables that might have influenced the outcome of my experiment were how fast or vigorous a person was dancing compared to another, someone’s motivation to squeeze the clothes pin more than others, and the amount of time each person rested before squeezing clothes pins for the first time. Suggestions for Further Research – My suggestions for other investigations that could be done to further support my findings or to answer any new questions that came up during this experiment are to warily time the amount of time the tested students were resting before squeezing the clothes pins and to have all ten students dance in the same way and pace as everyone else to have more control in this
Vickie Sears’ did a great job on explaining the Native American Elements throughout the story while explaining how Clarissa overcame her label. Clarissa started off as an unstable child, but now through her Native American culture she made a huge turn around and became a great dancer just like Molly Graybull. Clarissa learned dancing through experience, listening, observing and doing. Oral traditions were very important to Clarissa so she attended the women’s traditional. Last but not least Clarissa maintained her traditions, native language and culture by practicing dance and expressing that she was
I’m a dancer who likes to dance to any music that I can easily make up choreography to. Whenever I always listen to music I tend to create a dance in my mind out of the song I am listening to. Honestly I really can't sum my life up only on one page but I’ll do my best. I love to laugh and have a good time, I'm usually smiling and if I’m not, most likely something’s wrong. I laugh over the littlest and stupidest things.
I wish I could sing or dance like most of them. Now, I want to be one of them. It always seems to happen that way. Something you don’t give a chance always seems to prove those who didn’t even chance it wrong, Hair brought the love for theatre to life. Students of your same age, makes the messages that much more powerful.
“Wiggle Away” introduces Kindergarten students to meaningful and valuable movement experiences involving gymnastics and dance and is based on the theoretical approach of Educational Gymnastics and Dance Composition. This movement approach allows all students, regardless of their skill level or ability, to participate confidently and comfortably in all tasks and to develop their knowledge and skills at their own pace (Wall & Murray, 1990). Communication, problem solving and social skills are very important aspects of physical education and through this subject; students will continue to develop these skills (NSW BOS, 2007). As stated by Brown (2008, p. 8), there are “three dimensions of the concept of movement namely, education through movement, education about movement and education in movement.” This unit encompasses all three of these teaching techniques and allows students to not only be instructed, but also to explore and discover movement for themselves. The unit also gives the students the opportunity to participate in frequent reflection times and discussions of the movements used to solve problems or explore different ways to move within structured tasks.
They did this by selecting a few special students. These special students are known as Haumanas. The Kumus would invest all their time and energy into teaching these special few the Hula. To learn the Hula it takes great discipline, spiritual poise, and concentration. Before the dance lessons are ever started the Haumanas must prove to be in control of their mind, body, and sole.
My junior year, she helped me get over my stage fright by allowing me to sing a solo at "Winter Concert." Which was terrifying, but she helped me relax and I did well. I love to learn new things from her and she was driven by the joy of learning from us. Her determination to give her choirs the best has really shown me how much she likes to bond with her students. A lot of people take it easy, but she likes to push us and help us succeed at what we want and determine to get.