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I Had To Turn My Back On The High School Dance Team

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This summer, I had to turn my back on something that has been close with me since I was eight. My dance studio closed, I had been going there since I was eight. To be honest, when I first started, I was terrible. But weren’t we all when we first started the sport that we loved? Six years later, I am still dancing and even more than I had when I first started. Now I am on the high school dance team. Which wouldn’t have happened had I not fallen in love with the sport at such a young age. My teacher sparked a fire inside me which would not be easily put out. So, as you can imagine, I had a hard time with all of it. Because without her, I would definitely not the person and dancer I am today. I’m sure that the thought of closing the studio had been on her mind for a long time. She was a very close friend with my mom before I even started dancing. I felt as if I was turning my back on her because I had a bond with her that couldn’t be explained. I feel like I could talk to her and she always knew when something was wrong, and dancing helped me get through those rough times.
One of the teachers there had decided to open a new studio before the old one even closed. Most people had decided to go to the new one and the owner knew this. I had decided to go the new one before I found out it was …show more content…

I liked one teacher's style of dance and teaching style better than the others, however I knew one would excel me as a dancer because she would be harder on me. Coming into high school and being on the dazzlers, I thought going somewhere stricter, would be better. She understood that I would have to miss because of dazzlers and other school things. I am sure my other one would have to, but I had previously talked to the owner that was in town, along with other people on my team, so we knew she would work with us as best she

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