A Talent I Would Like To Have – Jun-Ling Ng When most people hear the word “contortion”, they immediately begin conjuring up images of people being stuffed into tiny suitcases, climbing through tennis racquets and playing the guitar with their feet. In western cultures, the term “contortionist” refers to “an entertainer who twists and bends their body into strange and unnatural positions”. Contortion is often associated with hypermobility disorders, pushy parents and freakshows. So you might ask why on earth I’d want to be a contortionist. Well, let me at least try to explain. I can’t remember exactly when I first discovered contortion. I grew up watching horrendously tacky TV shows such as “Britain’s got Talent”, on which people who called themselves contortionists would do ridiculous and things like pour cups of tea and play the piano using only their feet, but wasn’t until I saw Cirque du Soleil that I saw my first “real” contortion act. While most of my family was “oohing” in disgust and hiding their faces behind their programs, I was fixated on the performance. I found it neither “strange” nor “unnatural”, but elegant, majestic and beautiful. I found it so impressive how effortlessly the performers could slip in and out of seemingly impossible positions. There are many different forms of contortion, but unfortunately most people are only aware of the trashy kinds. In Western Countries, contortionists are seen as freaks and can’t be taken seriously. The Mongolian word for contortion is “uran nugaraltyn”, which means “exquisitely graceful and flexible”. Unlike other forms of contortion, which aim to disgust and horrify the audience with their awkward and painful-looking positions, Mongolian contortion is traditional and refin... ... middle of paper ... ... of people. I would most certainly consider contortion a talent that I’d like to have rather than one I already do. To maintain a high level of flexibility, you have to stretch every day (and I mean every day). I can remember coming back from a three week family holiday (during which I lazily thought I could just take a break from stretching) and finding that I couldn’t even do the splits. Many female contortionists who have children need to completely restart their training after they’ve had children. I can’t really think of another sport that requires the same amount of dedication that contortion demands. You can miss out a few day’s practice if you’re a footballer, swimmer or tennis player and still be very good, but the longer a contortionist doesn’t stretch the harder it becomes. I’ve heard of professional contortionists who train for up to ten hours a day.
Today, most stunts are done by highly trained professionals. They know how to safely flip cars fight, and fall from great heights (think ropes and giant air bags). Many have sports backgrounds. Bobby Holland Hanton, who performed in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Thor: The Dark World, was a gymnast. Katie Eischen, who worked in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Furious 7, did track cheerleading, and volleyball. As for Rementer, he has been studying martial arts since elementary
As play auditions got under way in Hillsboro, NH, the director asked Chelsy Starkweather,13, the first and youngest of the night’s auditions, to repeat her monologue, twice.
In It's Not Talent ; It's just work Annie Dillard's is trying to inform us that life is not as bad as we think it is . Dillard's explain " you do it for love and respect , for your your own life ; the world ; and you do it for love and respect for task it's self . I do alot of things to get to get my respect so I felt that would be something similar to what's going on in It's Not Talent ; It's Just Work . You do it for love and respect for your own life .I do alot of things helpful to get my respect " I didn't like it at first , but now I do ".
Daniel Coyle The Talent Code: Greatness Isn´t Born, It´s Grown: Here´s How. Bantam Book/May 2009, New York, New York.
Regardless of whether you are a professional or amateur athlete, sports can take a toll on your body. The damage that your body suffers from the intense training and playing can take a toll on a performance. However, chiropractic care can help improve your performance. It can also help prevent you from getting injured.
In the beginning the dancers start out standing completely still and gradually sit down in a chair, with their heads facing down, which brings their upper bodies into a hunched over position. A few seconds later they quickly fling their upper bodies up into the air, taking them out of their seats, and then gently sit back down. When the dancers are on their chairs, their bodies tense up and with their heads facing down as if gravity and pressure weigh down the dancers, restricting them. The dancers free themselves as they break through confinement and jolt their bodies up out
The sheer energy of a gymnast alone can be felt by audiences of all ages, but what the spectators lack the ability to feel is the pounding of the bodies that bear the impact of the athletes in action. Gymnastics consists of a mixture of acrobatic performances of four different events for females, and six different events for males (Gianoulis 1). Gymnastics is demanding in a multitude of ways, including: physically, emotionally and mentally. It requires countless hours of dedication. The concerns of most gymnasts are moving up to the next level, or getting a more advanced skill, while the concerns of the doctors, coaches, and parents revolve mostly around the athlete’s health, which is put at stake for the adored yet dangerous sport. Injuries are common among both male and female gymnast alike, but due to the fact a female gymnast’s career peaks at the same time of major growth and development, a female gymnast’s body as a whole is more likely to undergo lifelong changes or affects (Gianoulis 2). Among the injuries of the mind blowing athletes, the most common ones affect the ankles, feet, lower back, wrist, and hands of individuals (Prevention and Treatment 1). From sprains, to the breaks, the intriguing sport of gymnastics is physically demanding on a gymnast’s body.
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...t talent is, what influences it and how to grow it, in a different ways. Beside that, there is one point that i agree with Coyle that talent is not born but it is grown. His first chapter shown that deep practice can create talents. According to Gagné (2002), a Professor of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, who made a differentiated model of giftedness and talent, argue that talent is an ability/skill that has been developed exceptionally well, whereas giftedness is a superior natural ability a to perform at a level significantly beyond what might be expected from one's age-peers in any area of human ability. In my opinion, every person might be born gifted, but if these gift is not appropriately trained, it will not develop into fully-formed talents. From this perspective, a talent implies a gift, but a gift does not automatically imply a talent.
Jesus, according to the Bible1, tells his followers a parable about a man who, before embarking
One believes that being goal oriented has an influence on becoming a peek performer. What is my definition of a peak performer? An individual who visualizes their dream, set long-term goals and do everything within that time to achieve every goal that he or she set. Bethel further explains on what it means to be a "peak performer" . Peak performers come from all lifestyles, ages, cultures and genders. Anyone could become a peak performer by setting goals and developing appropriate attitudes and behaviors to achieve the results they want. Peak performers are those who become masters at creating excellence by focusing on results. They know how to change their negative thoughts into positive and realistic affirmations. They focus their long-term goals and how to break down goals into daily action steps. (Bethel University, 2013.) So becoming a peak performer has nothing to do with who you are, but has a lot to do with who you want to be, your determination and drive all plays a huge part.
The second talent that changed my life is public speaking. Now I consider this a talent because people are simply either too scared to speak in front of people or they don’t know what to say. For me this come natural, if I have something planned and I know what I’m talking about I can talk confidently and in ways that are easy to understand. This is not only something that I enjoy doing but it greatly benefits me for the line of work that I want to go into. I am very grateful for this talent because not very many people have it and it can become very useful in many aspects of
...form or another. Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Chinese acrobats performed tumbling and balancing. Minoans of Crete performed marvelous gymnastic skills such as grabbing the horns of the bull with a hand in front, flipped up and over the bull’s head and safely landed on its back. Olympic gymnastics has 3 sporting events. These events are artistic, rhythmic and trampoline.
In addition to being used as an artistic demonstration, ballet can also be used as a sport. There is a saying among ballerinas, “Ballet. Like sport, only harder.” Why harder? you might think. It is undertaken mostly by girly girls. It is demanding because...