Posted by Veronica Moretti Niebuhr
If any of you ever wondered if you wanted to teach………….here is a reason why.
This is Alston Macgill, she is 9 years old. I met her when she was almost 5. I immediately knew she was not like the other children in the class. It’s like she was born to dance. Everything is automatic for her - pure lines, perfect turn-out, you name it she’s got it. When she moves everything is so put together - transitions are seamless. Every time she comes to class I remember why I do this. And believe me she gets me into a lot of trouble too.
Owning a studio is a tricky business, one student like this can send 20 packing. A lot of people cannot understand what makes her so special. Some of them think I torture her and make her dance every day - I in fact frequently force her to take days off, but it is difficult to keep her out of the studio. She takes class with the older girls and is also an extremely intelligent and sweet young girl. She recently won a city-wide essay contest. They had to write an essay on how they would change the world. Alston’s essay was of course about how she will change the world through dance………..I know she will.
