Month: November 2020

Life of Dance

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My blog post today is going to be about how it all started and how dance has taught me different things. In dance, I do tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, and hip hop. Tap is the real noisy shoes that have a piece of metal on the bottom of it which makes them super loud. Jazz is revered to Broadway or theatrical jazz.  Ballet is very slow and steady. Ballet is said to be a combination of choreography and art, lighting, costume, and graceful movements. The picture above is from Unsplash and those are called pointe shoes. Pointe shoes are super hard and you have to train really hard to get them. They take lots of work but are super pretty.  Lyrical is a mix between ballet, jazz, acrobatics, and modern dance.  The last one I do is Hip-hop which refers to almost street dance styles. It has a wide range of styles.

I have been dancing since I was about 3, which means I’ve been dancing for 10 years! My family and I moved to Idaho after we lived in Utah, which is when it all started. My sister, who is 8 years older than me, has been dancing ever since she was little too.  After a while of me walking my mom decided to put me into dance cause my sister loved it. I also loved it! Ever since then I have learned so many dance moves and have had so much fun!

Dancing has led me to meet different people and become super close with them.  In dance, you meet so many new people that play a big part in your life.  Everyone in the studio has the same interests as you and is putting in a team effort. I have made so many different people in the dance world. At my dance studio now, we all get along and hang out together. Dance friends are a whole different kind of friends. We take so many different pictures together and spend any time we can together. My dance friends are definitely like my second family.

In the dance world, there is a good bit of inspiration. Dancing provides for you to be your best. When seeing other amazing dancers, taught me that I still have room to make improvements and to never give up. You will never win if you’re not giving your all in dance or in any sport. So dance has taught me, there is always a challenge to improve. Dancing is a perfect sport to always find something new to learn and never give up.

Learning to develop a good attitude about competition is another thing dance has taught me over the last 10 years. Dance has taught me to always have a good attitude toward things. Losing without having a fuss is something everyone has learned in dance. I have built a character that made me a better person by congratulating someone who could have beaten me. Sharing positivity with anyone who has either won or lost against me is also a fantastic thing dance has taught me.

This is the end of today’s blog post. I hope you enjoyed it and learned something new that dance has taught me or you didn’t know about dance.

 

 

One Of My Life Goals!

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  {Picture from Unsplash}

I for sure have some life goals that I’m going to write about. One of them is definitely moving back to Utah. Since you most likely don’t know me, I was born in Utah and I don’t live there anymore. All my family lives there like cousins, aunt, uncles, and grandparents. Even my older sister and her husband live there! She moved out there after she graduated high school.

My family and I drive or fly out there almost every summer and Christmas. In Utah, my family and I have the best times! We go sledding down the mountains and build a fire, have hot chocolate, and roast hotdogs on the fire in the winter. We go up the mountain to my grandparents’ cabin or we just go to the very top of the mountain and watch the sunset and chill.  We also go hiking a lot in the summer! We have been to Arches National Park, Zions National Park, and Bryce Canyon  National Park, and more. One of my grandparents had an Elk Farm and we used to go there to help out or just chill.

In the small town where most of my family lives,  there is a big gas station that is amazing! It is called Maverik. They don’t have in the state where I live. They have all the usual gas station things like candy bars and drinks but this one has the best. They have milkshakes and slushies! The milkshake flavors go from just Chocolate to Sour Patch Kids. Best things in the world! My sister, her husband and I sometimes go there to get a milkshake late at night.

Out of My Mind

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I created this image using Canva. I created this image going off of the new book I’m reading, “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper. When I think of the phrase “Out of My Mind”, I think of space. Space is of course out of this world and I have so many questions about space that make me go out of my mind.  Questions like, How did we found out about space and why is it so interesting? I could keep going on questions I have about space but that will take too long.

The book “Out of My Mind” by  Sharon M. Draper is about a girl named Melody that is almost 11 years old. She can’t walk, talk, or hold anything. She has a disability that the doctors don’t know yet but she is a very smart girl. She can remember everything like a camera in her head. Melody has kinda got used to her mother talking to her like a baby, but she doesn’t like it. Her dad talks to her way differently than her mom does. He is so chill and acts like nothing is wrong with her.

The image hasn’t represented the book yet but it does represent the title. I haven’t got that much into the book yet so I don’t know if some of it is gonna be about space or not.  I would recommend this book so far!