It's My Love and Passion - Hailey's Perspective

Hi my name is Hailey I’m 11 years old and I have been dancing at RDC for five years now.

Dance to most people is just dancing to a beat but to me it's so much more it's like an escape from reality and when I'm on stage or at the studio dancing I can express myself through a song and a piece of choreography. From hip hop where I am hitting sharp moves to ballet and working on my technique. It doesn't matter what type of dance I am doing…..it's my love and my passion and it’s been like that sense I started dancing at Royal Dance Conservatory.

I started to dance at RDC when I was in grade two, I had just turned seven. I would never have guessed it would be so special and have so much meaning to me. I started out with hip hop and that dance style is still my all time favourite type of dance because you just have fun and listen to the music. The year after I added on Jazz and Havana as dance styles. It was a bit scary because I was with new people and doing a new style of dance with a teacher I had never met but little did I know that teacher, Miss. Nicole was going to be very important to me in the future.  She was one of the reasons that I won the “Royal Dance Conservatory Garden City Division Junior Student of the Year Award” which means I was one of the best listening and dancing student for that year in the younger age group.

It makes me so happy to be at the studio so on top of the 5 classes I take in the recreational division, I have now added assisting for 2 hours on Saturday’s helping the kids starting out to dance. If I have a bad day at school, being at the studio helps make me feel better. 

Another reason why I love dancing at Royal Dance Conservatory is because of Miss Nicole. She has always been my favourite teacher and now she is the director/owner of the studio. Miss Nicole is a role model to me because I want to own a studio when I grow up and I didn't think I could do that until she did.  Miss Nicole has taught me how to be confident on stage and to believe in myself.  Thank you RDC for being my second home and for letting me be ME. These have been the best five years of my life (dance wise of course) and I bet as I get older it will be more then just five years…

Hailey F. (Age 11)
Dance Student
Royal Dance Conservatory