What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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• What do you want non-dancers to know about what you do? Dance is a sport! We work really hard, we have strong bodies, and we are athletes. It's harder than it looks. • What is the best advice you have ever been given? There's nothing you can't do if you are willing to work hard for it and not give up. In everything you do, do it from your heart. Hudson Horton Role: Mouse • What is your favorite dance move to perform? Russians and chaine turns. • What do you want non-dancers to know about what you do? It takes a long time to dance like a professional. • What do you love most about ballet? Doing tendu on the floor. Jade Holland Role: Mouse • When did you start performing on stage? When I was 2 years old! My biggest show has been "Once" at TheatreSquared. I played Ivanka earlier this year. • What is your favorite dance move to perform? My own moves are my favorite moves! Hip hop and jazz classes are my favorites. • Who is your favorite character to dance? Ivanka in "Once" and pretty sure I'm going to love being a mouse in "The Nutcracker." • Who is your favorite dancer? Witney Carson from "Dancing with the Stars." Kennedy Ragar Role: Dieter • What is your favorite dance move to perform? My favorite dance move is a Calypso Leap and then roll to the ground. • Who is your favorite dancer? My favorite dancer is Moira Shearer, also known as Lady Kennedy, who was a famous British ballet dancer and actress. • What is your favorite item in your dance bag? My favorite item in my dance bag is my magic bun maker. It makes it quick and easy to style my hair in a bun. • What do you want non-dancers to know about what you do? I want my friends to know that dancing can be difficult, and I spend at least 10-12 hours a week in the studio after school. I have been dancing for six years. Lucia Moore Role: Party Girl • What made you want to become a dancer? I used to take gymnastics, but I felt like it wasn't the best for me. At the gym one day, I saw the dancers through the glass and I knew that's what I wanted to do. I love music and expressing my feelings with dance. • What is your favorite item in your dance bag? My favorite item in my dance bag is my dance journal. It helps me remember and apply corrections and tips for each dance I am part of. • What is the best advice you have ever been given? To give anything less than your best is sacrificing the gift. Madilyn Savage Role: Mountie • What are you most looking forward to about dancing alongside the professional dancers of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet? Watching the dancers in their pointe shoes. • Who is your favorite character to dance? My favorite character that I have played is an angel, but I really love the party girls! • Who is your favorite dancer? My friend, Ema, and one of the older girls at my studio, Macy. She is SO good! I love to watch her! • What is the best advice you have ever been given? My dad once told me that nobody else gets to decide who Madi is going to be. I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not. I get to just be myself. I really liked that advice and try to remember it. Matthias Gwinn Role: Party Boy • When did you start performing on stage? I started dancing when I was 3. My first role on stage was when I was 4. I was a candlestick in "Mother Goose" at Springfield Ballet. My brother was Jack and had to jump over me. I was afraid he would miss. • Who is your favorite dancer? My brother because he is the one who got me into this. He is the best dancer I know because he perseveres even when things don't go his way. He is a good role model. • What is your favorite item in your dance bag? Food! Lots of snacks. It is a myth that dancers don't eat a lot. We eat all the time for energy. • What do you love most about ballet? I enjoy getting lost in the music and not thinking about anything else but ballet. I love learning new things from my ballet teachers, especially when I do summer intensives. Naomi Greenway Role: Angel • What is your favorite dance move to perform? I love to leap. • Who is your favorite character to dance? I loved the mouse part in "The Nutcracker" because it was super cute and I got to be on stage with a lot of the professional dancers. • What is your favorite item in your dance bag? My favorite item is my ballet shoes, and my fun and silly item is a Starbucks gift card in case I need some extra energy. • What do you love most about ballet? I love ballet because it's athletic and beautiful and you get to dance to interesting music. Natalie Bell Role: Party Child • What is your favorite dance move to perform? Arabesque. They can be soft and floating or powerful and dramatic. • Who is your favorite dancer? Misty Copeland. She is a great role model and encourages dancers to be strong and healthy. • What is your favorite item in your dance bag? The most surprising thing is my baby powder. I use it to help keep my toe pads clean. My favorite item is my pointe shoes. • What is the best advice you have ever been given? To make yourself look like a dancer you have to have enough confidence in yourself to really FEEL like a dancer. Quinn Ballew Role: Polar Bear • What is your favorite dance move to perform? My favorite move is the pas de chat, otherwise known as the cat step. •Who is your favorite character to dance? My favorite character to dance is Firebird, the bird Misty Copeland played [in Stravinsky's "Firebird"]. • What is your favorite item in your dance bag? My favorite item in my dance bag is snacks because I am always hungry. • What do you love most about ballet? I love ballet because it is very calm. Sara Justice Role: Reindeer • Who is your favorite character to dance? Last year for my solo, I got to play the evil queen from "The Huntsman: Winter's War" and it has been my favorite so far. • Who is your favorite dancer? Haylee Rodrick from the In10sity In10sive. • What is your favorite item in your dance bag? My favorite thing in my dance bag is actually on it. In the midst of all my other decorations and puffys, I have a grey puffball that looks like an owl. • What do you love most about ballet? My favorite thing about ballet is that it is the basis for all other forms of dance. The more I improve in ballet, the more I improve everywhere. Vivian Bullock Role: Mouse • What are you most looking forward to about dancing alongside the professional dancers of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet? It makes me feel proud and kind of famous! • What is your favorite item in your dance bag? My leos (leotards) are my favorite and I keep slime in there, too! • What is the best advice you have ever been given? If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. • What do you love most about ballet? [It's] so graceful and beautiful to watch. 38 WHAT'S UP! NOVEMBER 18-24, 2018 COVER STORY Ragar Bell Ballew Justice Gwinn Savage Greenway Moore Horton Ballet Continued From Page 8 Bullock Holland