Iconic & Legendary Dancers Series

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• Who was the first person you remember seeing
  dance and suddenly found yourself in a complete
  trance? If you are a dancer, regardless what
  style, We are sure you have that one person that
  comes to mind that helped you realize you wanted
  to move and do what they were doing.

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• For the next couple of articles we will be asking
  our instructors, staff and students who is your
  person? What is it that you love about him/her?
  As students of dance, it is necessary to pay
  homage and honor to those that came before us. As
  we stand on their shoulders and acknowledge the
  sacrifices and struggles they have possibly
  endured in order to pave the way. Dancers
  Gallery Dance Studio in Cooper City thanks the
  following legends for being an example and
  setting the bar.

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• Sylvie Guillem is arguably one of the greatest
  ballerinas and dancers of our time. Hand-picked
  by Rudolph Nureyev at the age of 19, she was the
  youngest ever 'etoile', the highest-ranking
  female dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet and
  later, the star of the Royal Ballet in London.

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• When we asked Ms. Barbara who is one of the
  Ballet instructors in our Cooper City Dance
  Studio, who her person she immediately said
  Sylvie Guillem and suggested we watch her
  performance in Grand Pas Classique. We took Ms.
  Barbaras suggestion and a few of us whom have
  not heard of Sylvie found ourselves binging all
  of Sylvies performances, documentaries and
  interviews over the weekend. We cohesively took
  away a number of things after hearing her story
  and even though she is such an amazing, talented
  and complex person.

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• The main points we took away was that she did
  things her way throughout her career. Being given
  the name Mademoiselle Non during her time in
  London is something we laughed at and could
  relate to being that so many other people have
  the disease to please. To learn the skill of
  saying no and not feel bad about it, is a great
  trait to have.
• The very obvious and trademark skills she is
  known to do with her legs had our mouths on the
  floor and was the topic of conversation with
  those of us that just discovered her and those
  whom have followed her career . She has legs for
  days and the height she was able to reach was
  crazy to us!! Sylvie is 53 years old and is still
  dancing today and doing things on her terms also
  while being involved in environmental activism.

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• Thank you Ms. Barbara for introducing Sylvie
  Guillem as she is most definitely a force to be
  messed with and is leaving a trail of beautiful
  art for all of us to enjoy and learn from. 
• Come by Dancers Gallery Dance studio in South
  West Broward and take a free trial dance class
  from one our experienced dance instructors who
  have been influenced by one of the many Iconic
  dancers we will be discussing during this series.

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Thank You!
Call 954-437-9910
Email info_at_DancersGallery.com Web
www.DancersGallery.com
Address 12323 SW 55th St 1010 Cooper City, FL
33330