Thursday April, 14, 2011
Zulma Cristobal, a freshman student at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School (DPMHS), used to be a timid student when she enrolled in Millikan Middle School and Performing Arts Magnet. She was self-conscious about her weight, she didn’t feel talented, and was always the girl in the back, until the summer before her 7th Grade year.
“My teachers always used to push me, and at the start of 7th grade, when I lost the weight, I was in love with dance,” Zulma said with a smile on her face.
That summer, Zulma attended a summer dance class at her school. She was more comfortable due to the lack of experienced students. Almost immediately, the extra weight started coming off, and when school started in the fall she was put in Advanced Dance.
“When I dance, I feel on top of the world. I feel so graceful when I dance, plus it’s health,” she added.
Healthguidance.com says that dancing not only benefits the lungs and heart, but it is also a huge calorie burner to help you lose weight, so it’s safe to say Zulma is right about that. With her practicing at her normal rate of four days a week and three hours a day, Zulma will have the body to keep doing what she loves for a long time.
Another student at DPMHS, Omar Memije, has had dance in his heart for a while as well. Only a sophomore at the school, he had decided to transfer out to attend a performing arts high school. He hopes to focus more on his art and to share his experience with the world. He is so dedicated to his art that he is willing to drop the entire life he has spent two years building, to start all over.
“With all the arts being cut at schools, I don’t have anything to look forward to anymore when I come,” said Omar with a disappointed look on his face.”It’s the only way I get to express myself."
Many teens, like Omar, use dance as a form of self expression. There seems to be a genre of music for every emotion. Many dances such as Crump, “Jerking”, Ballet, and Jazz all originated from one specific emotion emotion.
“Whenever I dance, I don’t notice anything else around me. All I need to hear is the bass line and I’m dancing my heart out,” commented Omar.
Many youths, like Omar, hope to become professional dancers so that they may share their experience with the world. But some dancers, like Zulma, want to pursue other careers and one day hope to put their love of dance to rest.
“I want to study, and go to college and be someone successful, but I always want to keep dance with me,” said Zulma. “But when you’re somebody that nobody notices and you get this chance to perform and be somebody else, it’s amazing.”
The art of dance has been around for centuries. It has evolved simple steps to more complex moves. Today teens all over the world use the complex steps for a multitude of reasons.
Zulma Cristobal, a freshman student at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School (DPMHS), used to be a timid student when she enrolled in Millikan Middle School and Performing Arts Magnet. She was self-conscious about her weight, she didn’t feel talented, and was always the girl in the back, until the summer before her 7th Grade year.
“My teachers always used to push me, and at the start of 7th grade, when I lost the weight, I was in love with dance,” Zulma said with a smile on her face.
That summer, Zulma attended a summer dance class at her school. She was more comfortable due to the lack of experienced students. Almost immediately, the extra weight started coming off, and when school started in the fall she was put in Advanced Dance.
“When I dance, I feel on top of the world. I feel so graceful when I dance, plus it’s health,” she added.
Healthguidance.com says that dancing not only benefits the lungs and heart, but it is also a huge calorie burner to help you lose weight, so it’s safe to say Zulma is right about that. With her practicing at her normal rate of four days a week and three hours a day, Zulma will have the body to keep doing what she loves for a long time.
Another student at DPMHS, Omar Memije, has had dance in his heart for a while as well. Only a sophomore at the school, he had decided to transfer out to attend a performing arts high school. He hopes to focus more on his art and to share his experience with the world. He is so dedicated to his art that he is willing to drop the entire life he has spent two years building, to start all over.
“With all the arts being cut at schools, I don’t have anything to look forward to anymore when I come,” said Omar with a disappointed look on his face.”It’s the only way I get to express myself."
Many teens, like Omar, use dance as a form of self expression. There seems to be a genre of music for every emotion. Many dances such as Crump, “Jerking”, Ballet, and Jazz all originated from one specific emotion emotion.
“Whenever I dance, I don’t notice anything else around me. All I need to hear is the bass line and I’m dancing my heart out,” commented Omar.
Many youths, like Omar, hope to become professional dancers so that they may share their experience with the world. But some dancers, like Zulma, want to pursue other careers and one day hope to put their love of dance to rest.
“I want to study, and go to college and be someone successful, but I always want to keep dance with me,” said Zulma. “But when you’re somebody that nobody notices and you get this chance to perform and be somebody else, it’s amazing.”
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