Monday, August 18, 2008

9th Grade Period One: I Dance Pretty


It's been a while since I've attempted to customize my blog layout, and I was so super sised when I saw the option to add the old school Pacman to the Blogger layout.
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It can be extremely frustration at times and the difficulty, athleticism, and beauty of ballet and dance is greatly underestimated by society. The goal in dance is to make the steps your doing look easy and effortless and I think that it this could be a significant reason for the underestimation of the art. An example of this is that my own father had never seen a ballet performance before I started dance but has watched countless sports games. For the rest of the population and arts community who have taken advantage of the art form, it can really have a great impact on someone’s life. Ballet has also put me through a rough, rocky road and character building process due to the endless stereotypes about male ballet dancers. To name a few: all male dancers are gay, ballet is for girls only not guys; making male dancers rejects of society (especially in children), and guy dancers are just weird.
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