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Courtney
Courtney is a 13 year old with a love for dance. Courtney began dancing at the age of 3,
with ballet and tap. She began the ambassador program in 2006. It is her second year in
the Trainee division training in ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary jazz, and tap. Courtney
wants to continue her training to dance at the college and professional level. Courtney
loves to travel. Dance has given her the opportunity to dance across the country
earning college scholarship money. As the 2009, Grand Celebrity USA, it is Courtney's
goal to share her passion of dance to special needs children. The best reward for all of
Courtney's dance training is sharing her talent to make another child smile. |
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Erin
Erin is thirteen and ballet is her passion. She has studied ballet in Sacramento since the
age of four and performed in the Sacramento Ballet’s Nutcracker for 5 years, culminating
in her performance as Clara in 2007. In 2009, she was accepted into American Ballet
Theatre’s summer program in New York training under Franco De Vita, Melissa Allen
Bowman and Tina Fehlandt. Erin ’s goals are to become a professional ballet dancer
and a choreographer. Her favorite ballets are Swan Lake, The Dream and Romeo and
Juliet. This is her first year at NCDC. She looks forward to continuing her dance education
with Mr. Constant in the Pre-Professional division. |
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Katie
I am 13 years old and have been dancing since the age of 5. I have been at NCDC
since it opened in 2006 and absolutely love everything about it. Along with NCDC, I
have performed with the Sacramento Ballet in their production of the Nutcracker for four
years. My favorite styles of dance are modern, ballet, and tap. I love the movement and
artistry of modern, the structure, precision, and grace of ballet, and the character of tap.
Dance is my passion in life and I hope to pursue it throughout college and hopefully become
a professional dancer. |
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Kelsey
I began dancing at 6 years old. During the summer of 2006, I participated in the NCDC
summer intensive and at that time I decided to transfer to NCDC. I'm very happy with
my decision, as I feel that I have grown so much as a dancer. NCDC has given me the
opportunity to dance in many different venues like our small black box theater, dance
competitions, community events, Long Beach State, on a cruise ship and my favorite,
the Mondavi Center. I am so fortunate to have wonderful teachers like Mr. C and Ms.
Jen. I hope to be accepted into a college dance program and someday become a professional
dancer. |
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Tessa
Tessa is 12 years old and has been enjoying dancing for the past 9 years. She loves all
the different genres of dance, but her passion is ballet because she likes the form and
cultural discipline required. She aspires to become a professional ballet dancer some
day. |
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