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Audrey Elise
My name is Audrey Elise Underhill, and I go by both first names. I live in Boulder, Colorado, and dance at the Boulder Ballet Academy. I’m 16 years old and have been dancing since I was 10. I would love to do ballet professionally. At school, I do well in languages. I placed second in Colorado and 9th in the nation in the National French Exam last year, and I take Arabic at the university in my town. In ballet, my strengths are adage and turns. My weaknesses are petit allegro and pointe- I have horrible feet and very little point. I’m working on both though! Outside of ballet and school, I don’t do very much because I don’t have much extra time. I dance every day of the work week for anywhere between an hour and a quarter to two and a half hours. Right now I’m dancing on the weekends too because of Nutcracker. When I go to college, I’d like to go somewhere on the East coast with good Arabic and French programs, as well as ballet of course. I’m looking to major in ballet specifically, not just dance, because I know that if I were to major in dance in general I’d have to take other dance classes as well as ballet. I’ve tried all kinds of dance- jazz, modern, hip hop, Irish step, and others- but ballet is the only one I enjoy. This is a great site and I’d like to thank everyone who keeps it up and running! You do a great job, and it’s so useful! Have a good day, everyone, and keep dancing. ~Audrey Elise November 20, 2006 | In Members |9 Comments »RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment |
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Since you’ve done so many kinds of dancing can you tell is it true that ballroom is bad for ballet.
Comment by Nancy — March 8, 2007 #
Since you’ve do so may kinds of dance can you tell me is it true that ballrooom is bad for ballet? That is if you know. : )
Comment by Nancy — March 8, 2007 #
I haven’t experienced any problem with ballet and ballroom so far! And the ballet is definitely beneficial for the ballroom- people are impressed with my flexibility.
Comment by audreyelise — March 9, 2007 #
Great thanks!
Comment by Nancy — March 9, 2007 #
I hate ballroom!!!
Comment by Dylan — March 10, 2007 #
Why?
Comment by Nancy — March 10, 2007 #
Because i think it is the biggest wast of time!(sorry to people that enjoy it! I have nothin wrong with it if u enjoy it!) I dont think it shows much apart from corodination (sorry about the spelling) But ballet is alot harder. And really, all these ballroom comps are just redicualrious! (I love the flim Strictly Dancing) They spend so much time on constumes that by the time there finnished they have forgoten the dance! (Same thing with ballet to, but ballet shows more skill) But this is only my opion.
Comment by Dylan — March 10, 2007 #
Yeah I see your point.
Comment by Nancy — March 19, 2007 #
hey Audrei!
i also do ballet since 10.i’m 16 now.so i would like to chat with u.if u have got skype ,msn or something else. it’s my email amber_e@killamail.com write me
cya
Comment by egle — April 10, 2007 #