After interviewing a high school senior girl, I learned a lot about dance types, classes, and recitals. Most interesting was the influence that these activities had on her as she was growing up. Now preparing for college in the summer, she enjoyed sharing with me about her experience through the years as she progressed from one level to another in dance.
Along with her best friend, she started dance when she was in 4th grade. Her first experience was attending a day camp for dance during the month of August. It was held at a local dance studio. At the completion of this camp, she signed up for dance classes which were held once a week during the school year.
At the camp, dress was very casual with shorts and t shirts being the average dancewear of the students. The camp lasted 2 weeks and gave the students an overview of what to expect in different choices of dance.This particular student started with jazz and ballet.
The camp was divided into groups of beginners, intermediate, and advanced students. There were some students who also took ballet and Cecchetti over the summer, took exams, and were able to be certified to teach specialty dance classes.
The student that I spoke with said that through the years she learned different forms of dance including ballet, Cecchetti, pom, tap,and jazz. Jazz was her favorite form of dance which she continued with every year until sometime in her teens.
With all the classes, practice, and recitals, she found that continuing dance through the rest of high school would be too demanding and time consuming. She then decided to discontinue her dance classes and concentrate on academics, basketball, and soccer.
She spoke fondly of her years involved with dance which she believes taught her a sense of discipline in her personal life as well as poise. She appears to be a very graceful young lady, comfortable with her body, and still able to do her dance moves very easily. She has continued to excel in academics and sports.
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By Nathanix
Along with her best friend, she started dance when she was in 4th grade. Her first experience was attending a day camp for dance during the month of August. It was held at a local dance studio. At the completion of this camp, she signed up for dance classes which were held once a week during the school year.
At the camp, dress was very casual with shorts and t shirts being the average dancewear of the students. The camp lasted 2 weeks and gave the students an overview of what to expect in different choices of dance.This particular student started with jazz and ballet.
The camp was divided into groups of beginners, intermediate, and advanced students. There were some students who also took ballet and Cecchetti over the summer, took exams, and were able to be certified to teach specialty dance classes.
The student that I spoke with said that through the years she learned different forms of dance including ballet, Cecchetti, pom, tap,and jazz. Jazz was her favorite form of dance which she continued with every year until sometime in her teens.
With all the classes, practice, and recitals, she found that continuing dance through the rest of high school would be too demanding and time consuming. She then decided to discontinue her dance classes and concentrate on academics, basketball, and soccer.
She spoke fondly of her years involved with dance which she believes taught her a sense of discipline in her personal life as well as poise. She appears to be a very graceful young lady, comfortable with her body, and still able to do her dance moves very easily. She has continued to excel in academics and sports.
Need dancewear? Check out Stars Dancewear for a variety of Dancewear, Teen Dancewear, and Hip Hop Dancewear.
By Nathanix
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