This WISE project is during one of the most exciting, yet stressful, times of an Ithaca High Schooler's career. Everything is coming at us all at once and everything is starting to change. This can be sad and depressing, or it can be amazing and inspiring. Yesterday was definitely one of those amazing days. I finally found out I was accepted to SUNY Geneseo Class of 2017!!! The most simple way for me to explain how much this means to me and how excited I am is to say that my mom and I must have jumped up and down screaming for about 10 minutes straight! I did literally EVERYTHING in my power to get into that school. I went for a visit, an interview, sat in on a class and even retook that ACTs in order to get a better score, and it feels amazing to know that I was one of the 10,000 applicants who got one of the 925 spots. I swear I still don't believe it!
How did I celebrate.. I had dinner with friends and then came home and watched YouTube videos (this project has made me form an addiction to dance videos). I came across this video from So You Think You Can Dance. I have always loved this show but have never been a dedicated watcher so I must have missed the week they showed this dance.
The raw emotion that the dancers show in this video stopped me dead in my tracks. I had to re-watch it a couple of times to even be able to fully appreciate it. The power and the emotion that the dancers commit to the story of the dance is incredible. They are able to take a piece of music and portray a complete story and use every emotion and past experience to put themselves wholeheartedly into the movements and into their partner. I think of this video as a source of motivation and inspiration when it comes to channeling every single emotion I have felt during this journey and put it into my dancing and hopefully let the audience feel the same emotions that I have. So You Think You Can Dance- Kayla and Kupono
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