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Dance has been greatly minimized in the United States culture today, but is still a very integrated aspect in popular culture. It serves many functions such as artistic expression for the choreographer, who creates the dance, and communication for the dancer to the audience. Dance can relay messages of everyday life, behavior and values through the body movements. There are a number of different styles of dance such as ballet, jazz, modern and tap, which are the best known. There are also and endless number of dances which originate from other countries that have been adapted into the American culture. Because of the various styles of dance there are many ways in which aspects of popular culture can be conveyed to the audience. You must ask yourself though, what is art? It is a method of expressing yourself, a creative thinking process, something pleasing to the audience’s eye. Dance is very much a form of artistic expression in my opinion. There is an intense creative process attached to this genre of art. Many years of learning and practicing different techniques are essential of effectively being able to communicate to the audience. There is a formula to learning dance. Many dancers begin their training at a young age in a dance school. There they begin to develop the dance techniques and allow their bodies to adapt into the new shapes taught to them. As the dancer progresses in their training they may choose to move on to a private dance school with more intense and individual attention, or if it is at the right time in their lives they may move on to dance at a University. As a dancer, you must be serious about your training to enable yourself to enhance your skills and succeed in communicating a message to the audience. For many dancers within the United States dance is seen as a form of exercise, an activity done for fun or possibly a career. I’ve come to learn that being a dancer is of course not a simple job; there are many obstacles that I’ve discovered along the journey. Here is my story that brought me to where I am with dance today The music rippled onto the stage, the lights dimmed and a lithe figure melted onto the stage and began to dance. It was ballet at its best. Her arms fluttered in time with the music. She was a swan flying free, twirling in the lights of the stage, suddenly she began to struggle and the swan once so alive died gracefully on the floor.
Approximate Word count = 1625
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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