Ditty was so passionate about dancing that she was willing to give up her family and her religion to be a dancer because dancing is her life. “Dancing is so important to me.” – page 237 In this story there is much conflict between Ditty and her parent, but in the end Ditty’s reasons and point of view for lying and defying her parent seem to shine through more that her parents
King Say Show Must Go On When I was a little girl I loved watching one musical on VHS. It was because of this one part, and eventually my VCR ate the tape because I fast-forwarded one time too many. It was the Siamese ballet called “Small House of Uncle Thomas” that sparked my attention. The dancing enthralled me. I loved Poor Little Eva, King Simon, Little Topsy, and Geoooo-rge!.
Gonzalez, Stephanie Blk. 3 September 23, 2010 How Stephanie Became Stephanie When we’re young, there’s always that one friend who is there to teach us the newest dance moves or to back you up when the bully of the school cuts in front of you for the water fountain. I had that friend. I feel she helped shaped me into the person I am today. She has influenced the development of my identity through obstacles and experiences she overcame or didn’t.
Debbie Allen Biography Deborrah Kaye Allen was born on January 16, 1950, in Houston, Texas. Allen is an actress, choreographer, dancer, director, and producer. She was three when she began dancing and by the age of four she was determined to be a professional performer, which lead to her parents enrolling her in dance classes at the age of five. Allen's parents divorced in 1957, leaving her mother Vivian as the main provider and caregiver for Debbie and her siblings. In 1960, Vivian took Debbie and her siblings to live with her in Mexico.
As a child Fanny's mother took her to every show they could get at and started her love for performing at a very young age. Even though she was the third of four children and had a drunk as a father, her mother still made time for Fanny and cheered her, on her journey to her dream. After winning an amateur talent contest at age 13 singing "When you know you're not forgotten by the girl you can't forget" at Keeney's Theater in Brooklyn. She then quit school at the age of 14 to become a performer on the "low-down" burlesque circuits. She later changed her name to Fanny Brice and got her first professional job in the chorus of The Talk of the Town but ironicely she got fired during rehearsals by the big current star George M. Cohen.
From my opinion this movie over a whole was great. Real reactions to real situation’s. It kept me interested with the kid’s witty banter towards their dance class as well as everything around them. To some people dance is just a hobby but to some of these kids it’s their dream to become a famous dancer, they would prefer this for their career when they grow up. Honestly my favorite part of the documentary would be when
This would of cause her to emotionally stressed with not being happy where she was living, it would have affected her social growth as well particularly with the type of people she befriended. During her childhood she attended the Royal Ballet School at 9 years of age. This would have contributed to her physical growth and her social growth, because she is learning how to use her muscles to attain the right move, her knowledge of the body would of expanded, she would have made friends at the Ballet School, these friends would have been different to the friends she had where she was living. At this point she became familiar with dancing and her dance teacher could see that that she was special and had a natural talent for dancing. Cheryl was feisty as a child and got into girl fights, could this be because of her upbringing and the area she lived in and the people she was friends with, was this down to nurture?
In Bernice Bobs Her Hair Marjorie Harvey is popular and her dull cousin, Bernice, comes to visit her. They try to get along for the sake of their parents but inside, they could not stand each other. Even though her cousin is popular, nobody wants to talk to Bernice. They have dances that they go to and after a dance, Bernice and Marjorie talk. After they talked, Bernice practices the art of popularity for the next dance.
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
Ellie Grohoske Modern 4-14-13 The Pennsylvania Ballet Nutcracker This winter when I went home for break I saw the Pennsylvania Ballet perform their annual Nutcracker. It was my 5th time seeing this company performance from the audience, however I have been in over 50 performances total with this company performing various roles in The Nutcracker. I’m not sure why so many dancers hate this ballet, because it has always been my favorite ballet since I was little. It could be because it was the first ballet I ever saw before as a 3 year old, and that was what got me truly interested in dance. I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen George Balanchine’s Nutcracker, but I can tell you it will never get old, and always be a tradition that I look forward to every year during Christmas time.