{"id":7572,"date":"2019-02-15T13:03:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T18:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/?p=7572"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:37:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:37:07","slug":"profile-of-dance-minor-bel-barros-guinle-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/music-and-dance\/2019\/02\/15\/profile-of-dance-minor-bel-barros-guinle-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile of Dance Minor Bel Barros Guinle ’19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Many students might consider taking a dance class to satisfy that ominous four PE credits requirement. Some, however, go even further and develop a real passion for the subject. This has been the case for Bel Barros Guinle \u201819, who took her first-ever ballet class at Swarthmore and is now a Dance minor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have any formal dancing experience before…my first real dance class was Ballet 1 with Olivia [Olivia Sabee, Assistant Professor of Dance]. But my mom danced a lot when she was younger, and she\u2019s an artist now and makes a lot of sculptures around ballerinas,\u201d says Barros Guinle.<\/p>\n

Although ballet started as a simple interest, she grew increasingly interested in the department. In addition to her Neuroscience major and Pre-Med track, Barros Guinle became a dance minor, specializing in ballet (she has also taken Modern Dance). In the middle of her busy schedule, dance has become a valuable source of relaxation and freedom.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchoolwork can be really stressful – this is Swarthmore,\u201d laughs Barros Guinle. \u201c[Dance] is a good time to disconnect from schoolwork and really be in that moment…for three hours a week, I can\u2019t think of anything else, I just focus on what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dance also ties in to her academic work – she is especially interested in the interaction between the brain and the body. As she explains,<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the reasons I came to appreciate dance so much is…the more I learn about the brain, how the mind and body are intrinsically connected, the more I realize dance teaches you things sitting in a classroom won’t teach you…like, it helps me to stay focused in class. I\u2019m also interested in working with children on the autism spectrum, and how dance therapy can be a part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Guinle, dance ties in directly to a lot of real world issues. She recalls a performance from last spring\u2019s Choreography class, which depicted the effects of mental illness and substance abuse; this particularly resonated with her as, once she graduates, she will be starting a fellowship researching the effects of drug addiction on the brain. But first, she has an importance dance milestone coming up – her first ever public performance, as part of Chandra Moss-Thorne\u2019s Repertory Ballet class.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019m really seeing myself as a dancer,\u201d enthuses Barros Guinle. \u201cNo one has ever seen me dance, not even my closest friends…definitely not on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, she has a few words of advice for students who, like her, started dance in college and have had no previous experience \u2014 go ahead and take the plunge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really scared at first to call myself a dance minor, compared to people who had invested so many years in it,\u201d says Barros Guinle, describing the \u201cimpostor syndrome\u201d that feels so familiar to Swatties. \u201cBut Chandra and Olivia have been so motivating, so welcoming, and they have believed in me more than I have in myself, many times. The dancers in my year…have been very welcoming and never made me feel like I didn’t belong. So if you\u2019re without experience, go for it!\u201d<\/p>\n

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