College Admissions Essay: So You Think You Can Dance Canada

When I was a young girl, I was always asked by friends what my passion was, but I never had an answer to give them. I would always listen to other people talk about their passions, and I wondered what it felt like to be passionate about something. I knew to be passionate about something it meant to feel some sort of emotions, emotions such as joy or love. At the age of ten, I started watching a televised dance competition show called “So You Think You Can Dance Canada”. I fell in love with the way dancers danced to the beat of the music. It wasn’t till I saw Carlena Britch, a twenty-year-old girl from Vancouver who danced to cope with her problems and escape from reality. I realized that dance is not just a sport but a passion, and I fell

The next big thing that dance taught me was discipline. In the beginning, I thought that dance wasn’t going to be extremely difficult to learn, and that I would pick up the moves quickly. However, I was wrong and it wasn’t as easy as I imagined. Dancing required countless hours of practice and dedication. I wasn’t just going to learn how to dance overnight, I had to sweat for it. I had to put a lot of effort into what I wanted to achieve and be patient with the results. There were many times that I was just so exhausted being on the dance floor, but I never thought of giving up. I didn’t understand what it felt like to be tired, and I danced until the very end. It took a lot of sweating, sore muscles and cramped feet to perfect my technique. There were times where I would feel the droplets of sweat dripping down my body. To be the best dancer possible, I had to practice even outside of class time during my spare time. It was my responsibility to make sure that my makeup, my hair and my costume looked exactly like the rest of the team. Working as a team meant that everyone’s dance move had to happen at the same time, and no one should mess up. I had to learn to get along with my team and obey what the coaches said. Dancing was my passion and it never tired me out, in fact I found the whole process

The next thing I learned from dance was openness. I started off as a shy person who danced in the back corner and was there for their passion. Eventually, the time came for performing as a team in front of a crowd and doing solo routines. I had to forget all about being shy and not doing well but rather get out there and show my skills. As a team, we had to accept each other and appreciate everyone’s uniqueness. When I first got on the stage as a team to perform, I got in my pose and waited. As soon as the melody played I was lost in the music and the moves just came by themselves. When I heard the lyrics of the music I felt some sort of happiness, a feeling that’s hard to explain. No words can explain how I felt about dance. I felt free and had no problem with performing a beautiful dance piece for a crowd. Dance taught me to be more open, to interact with other people, and to forget about shyness. Dancing has allowed me to realize that when the time comes to put myself out there, I go on and make a