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I decided to come to Western and major in dance 

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because I love the variety of dance styles they offer here such as ballet, modern, 

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hip hop, jazz, salsa and hula. 

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There's also many performing opportunities as well. 

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This term one of the classes I'm taking is Modern 5 taught by Les Wantanabe. 

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We start every class with 30 to 45 minutes of a warm up. 

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Once we warm up we break up into groups and he'll teach us a phrase and we'll practice them together. 

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The best thing about the WOU faculty is besides the fact that they're very accessible, they're very warm welcoming people. 

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They treat the dance program with integrity and they really care about your experience from the beginning to the end. 

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One of the performances I'm doing this year is the spring dance concert. 

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Right now I'm currently rehearsing for a piece based off of the movie called They Shoot Horses Don't They.

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Because I'm a senior, I'm also choreographing for the spring show. 

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My working title is called Brain Activity but I want to show brain activity that happens through movement. 

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My career goal is to work with a dance company performing, teaching and co choreographing. 

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I came in not know much about dance beyond performing. 

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And now I know all different aspects such as the health and anatomy, 

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that comes from dance, how to teach a class, how to choreograph,

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The history of dance and I think that's really important for incoming students and why they should come because you get a well rounded education in dance. 

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Western Oregon University is the right place for me. 

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