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My name is Cecilia, and I'm in Grade 7

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at Canada's National Ballet School.

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<i>I love the feeling of freedom
when I'm dancing,</i>

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<i>and I love to perform and entertain.</i>

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I'm Marley. I'm in Grade 10.

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I'm in the Professional Ballet Program,

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and I have been at the school
for five years.

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

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<i>feeling the freedom,
really moving to the music,</i>

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<i>and interpreting how I feel.</i>

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

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<i>"This is one of the coolest pieces
I've ever seen."</i>

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<i>It was choreographed by Jera Wolfe,</i>

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and to be able to dance it,
it was really special.

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

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and he really made all the rehearsals
really fun and engaging.

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<i>We all grew as people and as dancers
throughout this whole process.</i>

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We really supported each other,

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<i>and it came through our performance.</i>

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

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It felt really empowering to know
that there were so many people

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really invested in what you were doing,

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watching you, and really feeling
the dance that you were performing.

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I really like this part near the end

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<i>where we all get lifted
and linked together.</i>

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<i>It was like a human wave,
and it was spectacular.</i>

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(Marley) <i>Feeling the energy
of everyone's movement,</i>

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<i>knowing that we were all there
for each other is amazing,</i>

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is a really good feeling.

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