Ruggiero, Amy2016-04-042016-04-042004http://hdl.handle.net/11603/2694From Chrystelle Trump Bond: This paper was the result of a writing assignment that I made in Dance 390. This writing assignment was for all students in Dance 390 to observe together a beginning ballet class in the Todd Studio at Goucher College. The goals of this assignment were for the students in Dance 390 to observe the qualitative aspects of the movements by the students taking the ballet class, to discover their own interpretation of this event, and to describe this event with first tense action verbs and adverbs. This assignment was meant to help to train the eye of the writer to have a non-verbal experience and translate it into a verbal experience, transitioning from non-discursive symbolism to discursive symbolism. This assignment was also to train the mind the writer to analyze and to offer the soul of the writer an opportunity to inspire the reader to find beauty and passion in the art of dance.Dancers naturally pay more attention to feet than much of the general public. We depend on them to bend right, glide efficiently, stick when necessary, and support our turning, jumping, balancing, traveling bodies. Barrework at the beginning of a ballet class, especially, is designed around the feet. It is a time for them to become acquainted with the floor and prepare for the demands of dancing. It made sense, then, to focus in here on the two things dancers expect much from, but often take for granted.3 p.en-USCollection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.Research -- Periodicals.Text