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I’m HOMEEEEEEEEEE 💪🏾💞😊
Wow, just wow. I did it!! I officially completed one full year away from home. When the first day of Joffrey started the end felt so far away and when I finally got to the end I felt like time passed by so quickly. My last week of Joffrey went really well!!!! We had a…
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7 Days!!!!
Oh My Gosh! I have 7 days left of Joffrey. I cant believe I’m about to have completed a year in NYC! This is crazy. 🤯🥹🙌🏾 Right now dance has been pretty busy. My teachers scheduled a lot of extra rehearsals for our pieces as we are preparing for our spring performance. We also had…
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Incredible week!! 🤩
Ahhh, I’m bursting with excitement!!! Ok so as you all know a few weeks ago I found out that I was given the opportunity to perform in the corps behind two principal dancers from Paris Opera Ballet for the Youth America Grand Prix ( YAGP) finals Gala. Welllll this past friday 04/19 was the Gala…
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Fun Week!! 💜
Hi Everyone!! Sorry I didn’t blog last week. A lot has been going on. This week was such a fun week!! Monday, as you all know, there was a solar eclipse 4/8/24. Right before the eclipse happened, Joffrey Ballet, allowed us all outside to watch the eclipse…. which was so fun!!!!! Honestly, though it was…
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Fulfilling week! 💜
Oh My Gosh! I have some pretty exciting news, In January I applied to become and ambassador for this organization called Brown Girls DO Ballet (BGDB). BGDBs mission is to “promote diversity in the arts by providing annual scholarships, a mentor network, and community programs to empower young girls”. Well, this past week I found…
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BEST Weekend EVER 🥳☺️
This weekend I had the honor of performing in Cinderella produced by Open World Dance Foundation and presented by Misty Copeland!!!!!!! On thursday my dad came up to NY and then that night we drove to CT for dress rehearsal and performance on Friday. I’m SO grateful that my dad was able to make it…
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Masterclasses!!! 😁 🩰
Hey everyone, Last week was a pretty exciting week!! Last thursday I had a William Forsythe ( famous choreographer) master class with Ms. Laura Graham. The class challenging and exciting. She opened my eyes to a different way of moving. She worked with us on not muscling through the movement but just breathing and freely…
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Life right now :)
Here’s a little update… After I finished Nutcracker I started auditioning for summer intensives. This is my favorite part of the dance season because I start thinking about what schools I want to audition for in hopes of getting to train there for the summer. Summer training is very important in a dancers training because…
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