Dance Research Paper

Dance

I’ve been dancing all my life. As a kid, my parents signed up for countless dancing lessons thinking I’d become a professional dancer. In freshmen year, I joined the dance team in my high school and it soon became a big part of my life. I practice five days a week after school to 7 o’clock pm and sometimes even on the Saturdays early in the morning to noon time. My life revolved around the team, therefore, I had no time outside of the team and sometimes barely time for food. Around May or April of each season, we went on competitions every Saturdays and that is when things go intense. In my junior year, we competed in the jazz category, which I learned within four weeks because I had a broken arm. There was a trick in the routine where three people had to lift me up and do a flip with a perfect landing. I competed in that routine for the first time, and the trick was not successful because there wasn’t enough practice. I did it over again at every competitions; I finally made it at State

By the time State Competition was around the corner, I knew for sure I would do a perfect landing. We got onto the dance floor, the music started playing again and once again, my mind was blank and I could not remember anything. Surprisingly, I remembered everything but muscle memories and did the routine with no problem. I made a judge smiled and other teams were very supported. It’s finally time to do the trick, I put my arms out for my team mates to lift me up, while I use my upper body strength to keep myself from falling over. I can feel my body being in the air and in slow motion, doing a flip and everyone’s eyes on me.This time, it felt like I was sky high, I did a perfect landing. When we went back to the rest of my teammates, my coach told me the trick was flawless. At that moment, I did’t even care if we’ve won because in my heart, I know we already