As we say goodbye to our wonderful seniors each year, we often marvel at how much they are able to accomplish. To be a ballet dancer takes a level of focus and dedication not found in your average after school activities. And yet, rather than distracting our dancers from their academics, they will often say that dancing helps their academic achievements! Dancers learn time management while also giving their brains and bodies an artistic outlet that helps reset and refresh them before returning to their algebra or Jane Eyre. While we love sending students off to study Dance at the university level, we’re equally as proud to have students graduate and go on to study Physics, Business, and Landscape Architecture! No one should ever have to choose between books and Balanchine!
We’re still in denial about saying goodbye to this year’s graduating crew…but with two headed to Georgia Tech and the third to Kennesaw, we look forward to having them visit before too long!
Izzy Nolton
I returned to dance in the 4th grade after seeing the Nutcracker. Since then, I have found it to be the thing that relaxes me most and serves as an escape from school or anything else that brings me stress. It also serves as a creative outlet. Ballet seems to be very rigid, but it also requires creativity and a certain grace. I love the movement of ballet and how it enables you to create beautiful shapes. This is why I have always stuck with ballet and will continue to take classes through college.
Caitlin Gorman
Ballet brings me so much joy! Going to ballet class allows me to forget about homework or other stress and instead just enjoy dancing with my friends. I love every part of ballet, from the training in technique to the performance. There is nothing more rewarding than getting to perform a piece you have been working so hard on. I have so many wonderful memories from my experience with dance that I will hold onto forever.
Isabelle Wilson
Dance is such a meaningful passion for me. It allows me to express my artistry and to release all of the stress I have built up over the day. I have danced my entire life and I don't know what I'd do without it. I wish to continue dancing in my college years and for the rest of my life. No matter what form of dance, it will always have a special place in my heart. Through perfecting my technique continuously, I will continue to be dedicated to my dancing. I'd like to thank my mother, Miranda, for continuously motivating me and for introducing me to dance in the first place.
