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For my paper I want to discuss the bennefits of dance education. I grew up dancing from the age of three and feel that dance education is an important aspect of what made me who I am. In the movie "Take the Lead" Antonio Bandaras plays a ballroom dance instructor attempting to teach a group of detention students at a "ghetto" school. In one scene he is in a PTA meeting where the complaint is that there could be better use of the students time in detention. Bandaras expalins that dance can teach respect for one another, discipline, and self confidence among other things. I have seen this to be true in my life as well as the life of friends. I consider myself to be very disaplined and organized, traits I learned at a very young age as I had to keep up with a busy schedual with school and dance. I was also very shy growing up and dancing was my time in the spotlight that made me feel confidant and great. Once I entered highschool and became a member of the National Champion Silver Wings Drill/Dance Team my confidence again grew as people recognized me from my dancing and it made me feel important. There are so many bennefits from dance education, whether in school or as an extracurricular activity, I hope to explain more of these and in more detail in my paper.