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Dancer
- Ballet
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(photo by Saswat Pattanayak)
Contact Info:
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Name: RACHEL |
| DOB: April 7th 1981 Aries |
| Hobbies: Loving,
showing my True Colors, and Enjoying Friendship |
| Love/Passion: I Love
Elements of Nature: wind in my hair, water between my toes, shooting
stars... |
| OTHER SKILLS: Anything
that requires Imagination, Creativity, and Emotion |
| Awards/Credits: Ballet
Solo at The Arbor Rehabilitation Center; Ballet Solo in TIME a DVD
for Ann Mercedes Annual Recital; Ballet, Gymnastics, and Hip-Hop combo
in group dance performance opening at The Long Island Ducks baseball
game |
| Future Plans: I take one Moment
at a Time, this Moment is the Future I was hoping for years ago. Life
is so fleeting like vanishing vapor, so I Appreciate, Honor, and Rejoice
in the only thing that is really certain: Right Here & Right Now.
Simply being. |
Interview and Notes
Q: What type of dancer do you consider yourself?
A: A Cathartic Abstract Expressionist dancer: my body
reveals a feeling, casts a mood like a spell, and may send a message or
tell a story.
Q: Who or what are your influences?
A: *Ann Mercedes: my ballet teacher, choreographer, costume
stylist, and beautiful friend.
*Stephen Silberling: a lawyer--but we'd much rather talk about ballet
than about law. The desire to begin training as a dancer stirred every
time Stephen would take me to Lincoln Center. Stephen always supported
my need to dance and he made sure I got to my very first performance--on
time--rolling in with him in his Mercedes.
*Dr King: my psychiatrist--because without his help I
might not be dancing at all. What I mean is--he helped restore my will
to live. And a dead girl just aint much of a dancer! :) !
*The ones who believed in me before I even took my first
step:
My Cousin Rosalie who said that NOW IS THE TIME.
My Cousin Rob who said I should GO FOR IT!
Q: What is the hardest and the easiest thing about ballet?
A: Being in Pointe Shoes is both the hardest and easiest
aspect of ballet. It's torture and bliss at the same time. It's like a
bitter sweet pill. It hurts so good. It's wicked, yet it's sublime.
Q: How has ballet effected your everyday life?
A: I have more respect for the art-form, and for myself
as a living expression of the art. Life is easy as pie after pointe!
Q: What is your favorite thing about ballet?
A: The grace and elegance of the art-form.
Q: What is your favorite ballet step?
A: Any move that gets my toes off the ground: I just
love to leap!--it gives me a sensation of flying.
Q: Why do you dance?
A: Why not dance?--I don't see any good reason why I
shouldn't, so that is why I do. And once a dancer, always a dancer...at
least for as long as the body is willing and able. I'm hooked on dancing.
Q: What do you think makes a good dancer?
A: A good dancer lets mood take reigns of her body and
she allows the rhythm of the music to penetrate her body. And she always
trust her Instincts and Artistic-Impulse.
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