Introduction-Dear+Reader

Dear Reader, Dance is an art form that many people around the world love and enjoy. I personally share this love, when and I adore all of my modern, jazz, tap and ballet classes. But my favorite class and style of dance by far is lyrical dance. I decided to research lyrical dance because I thought I would be a lot of fun to learn even more about something I love so much. Through my journey of research I have found out many new things about lyrical. For example, lyrical dance is the most popular style of dance. In my writing I have tested out many different genres to try to convey my message as best I could. I tried to step out of my comfort zone a little. The first genre I chose to write was a letter. This letter explains what lyrical is and how one should attempt to take on this style. The second genre is a list of what someone should be capable of to take lyrical. The list what the dancer needs in terms of body structure and composition, while the letter talks more about the type of dancing the dancer must require.The next genre is a textbook article about the history of lyrical dance. It talks about how lyrical dance has gotten more popular through the decades.The fourth genre is a poem. This poem is about a girl who is trying to prove herself. She is doing her dance, a lyrical style dance, and has one chance to show all she has to offer. The fifth genre is the narrative. It is a story about a young girl who has to conquer the emotion that comes with lyrical dance, while trying to prove to her parents that she is better than her little sister. The last genre is another poem. It is a haiku about how lyrical is an amazing style of dance. I started out by writing my narrative. While I was writing it, I was inspired by shows like Dance Moms, to tell the story. I thought about how the girls in Dance Moms are young and are all on a dance competition team who compete every weekend. Of course, none of the girls there are in situations like the character in my story, but I wanted my story to seem more realistic. I then, wrote my list. I looked back through all of my research and found, what I thought, are the most important things for a lyrical dancer. After that, I wrote my letter. While writing this, I thought, what would I need to know if I was just starting out lyrical dance? When talking about the history of lyrical dance, I was originally going to write a birth certificate, explaining how it came from the styles of modern, ballet, and jazz. But I thought about how it would be a good idea to write a textbook article about the history. Last I wrote my poem. When I wrote my poem I was thinking about a girl on stage performing a lyrical dance. I tried to imagine what was going through this girls head. When I wrote my haiku, I was considering how I feel about lyrical. At the end of my project, after the bibliography, I posted a few of my favorite lyrical dances .I am always inspired by watching dancers and wanted to share my love for lyrical. I put a lot of effort into making this project the best that it can be.Throughout this project I have the line, "Lyrical Dance comes from the heart". I think this is very true because one must have great passion and commitment to dance lyrical. I hope all of my readers enjoy! Sincerely, Gina Greng a