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My name is Cecilia,[br]and I'm in grade seven

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at Canadian National Ballet School.

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I love to feeling a freedom[br]when I'm dancing,

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and I love to perform and entertain.

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I'm Marley. I'm in grade ten.

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I'm in Professional Ballet Program,

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and I have been at the school[br]for five years.

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What I really like about dancing[br]is the feeling through my body,

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feeling the freedom,[br]really moving to the music

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and interpreting how I feel.

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In 2019, I was watching <i>Arise</i>[br]in the audience, thinking to myself,

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"This is one of the coolest pieces[br]I've ever seen."

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It was choreographed by Jera Wolfe,

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and to be able to dance it,[br]it was really special.

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It was really a privilege[br]to work with Mr. Wolfe,

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and he really made all the rehearsals[br]really funny and engaging.

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We all grew like as people and as dancers[br]throughout this whole process.

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We really supported each other,

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and it came through our performance.

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I was chosen to be a lead,[br]and that was an amazing experience.

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It felt really empowering to know[br]that there was so many people

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like really invested[br]in what you were doing,

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watching you and really like feeling[br]the dance that you were performing.

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I really like this part near the end

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where we all get lifted[br]and linked together.

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It was like the human wave[br]and it looked spectacular.

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Feeling the energy of everyone's movement,

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knowing that we were[br]all there for each other is amazing,

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is a really good feeling.

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