first position review

Yesterday I watched a documentary called First Position which was pretty much all about the dance competitive world and makes you realize how many different levels of dance there is and how intense dance can be. I felt like it really showed a side of dance to me that I had never seen before and I was really surprised how amazing some of the kids are. One boy age 11 could do 15 fouette turns in a row! Also this documentary made me realize how dedicated the dancer, and the family have to be to their child's dance career. Another thing that really surprised me was how in one family "First Position" featured the dad was in the navy and he choose to go on the harder mission so his son could continue his ballet training. Another case  was when a girl about our age had to quit regular school and get home schooled so that she could start training more intensely. I can not imagine doing this because i would miss my friends and would probably get really bored just working out of a textbook all day. Overall, I thought that this documentary was a great way to get a peek into the dance competitive world and to see how dance can transform someone's childhood and be much more than just an art form.
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Favorite type of dance survey

A question I have always had is what most kids favorite style of dance is? For me I would say modern dance, no doubt but I am curious to see what other kids think. If you want to take the survey (which would be great) click the link below
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if you would like to see the results of the survey, then click the link below
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muscle and joint dance refletion

Last year when I found out that I got into dance talent I was really excited, I liked the dance talent last year but I already like it much more this year. I like it much more already this year because I feel like the class moves faster and we learn steps quicker. Also, I am excited for this year when we learn many diffrent styles of dance from around the world. So far this year I feel like the muscle and joint dances have been really fun and interesting. I felt like the rythm of the music for the joint dance was pretty challanging because the beat was hard to follow and get the timing with all of the screaming in the background :) I think that the joint dance was also good because we got to do really sharp and presise isolation which helped me see how we were using each joint seperatley. I liked the muscle dance but I think I liked the joint dance better. i say this because I like faster dances better than slow. Overall I have really liked the dances so far and think that they have been really fun! :)

dancewave review

when I was in kindergarten I started dancing (not really though) I just did the little kids ballet classes at BAX but they were really fun. ever since I started middle school I decided to try alot of diffrent studios (there are so many) other than BAX. last year, I did one class at BAX for ballet and I did the hip-hop class at school which was really great which had a teacher from dancewave. so, this year I decided to try the dancewave ballet company, and I am also doing a modern class at dancewave. I really like modern more than ballet but ballet is good for technique. but I also really like the dancewave ballet company because it is really fun and I really like it how the company is not just  a class it is more like a team.  below is a picture of the dancewave company a few years ago.

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NPR dance news story reflection, click on link below to hear news story
New York City's Dance Card Is Full This Year

After listening to a news report by NPR news I was interested about what they said about the dance works being shown in New York City currently. According to the news story, right now New Yorkers will not only get the chance to see classic ballets like Swan Lake but they also will get the opportunity to see more recent works by choreographers like Twyla Tharp or by Mark Morris (from Brooklyn! :). But, the part of the news story that I was most interested in was how apparently, even though there are so many young choreographers in ballet right now I was very surprised that right now out of all of the choreographers for ballet in NYC currently not a single choreographer is a women! This annoys me a lot because I know, for a fact, that in children/teen dance classes mostly all of the students are girls! Also, I think that women ballet choreographers really need to step up and show their work because even the ballet critics think that "this is a time when we need to encougarge young women to try a hand at their ballet choreography". The only thing that I find curious is that the ballet company's choose who they want to choreograph that company's works, and I was thinking that maybe some company's are favoring men over women to choreograph. Overall, I thought that this news story was really interesting and I found it aggravating how women ballet choreographers are not stepping up or not being given rightful oportunities. Anyone who is interested in this news story should totally check it out! :)