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NOELANI |
As I pack up all of my dance memorabilia, I see what eleven years looks like!
I found some things from before I became a professional dancer that I thought you would appreciate. The first is this picture I found of me when I was 10. This was taken at my very first ballet school, Ballet New England. My father was in the military when I was younger, and we moved every two years. As you can imagine, I wasn’t able to stay commited to after school activities, but I tried anything from soccer to gymanstics. I was in and out of ballet twice in New Hampshire, and the third time it finally stuck! A year after this was taken, my family moved once more to Pennsylvania, where I began training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet.
This next picture is actually my first publicity in Seattle. The date on the article is August 14, 1996. I was a ripe 16 years old! All I remember is being really nervous about the interview. I froze up & didn’t know what to say, and that’s pretty evident in the article 
I think I gave them one sentence to work with - ha!
Hope you enjoyed! I’ll be posting again soon!!
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