Ballet Was My First Love. ♥

Hey guys! Ballet is my passion. Currently, I'm a full scholar of Ballet Manila. They're training me to be a professional dancer by joining in some of their shows. I'm trying to balance both studies and ballet training, (at the same time earning money at a very young age -> hurray!) and it was such a challenge! It encouraged me more to work harder.

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Here's my story.

Many people questioned me about ballet. "How old did you start?", "Where did you learn ballet at first?" or even "Why did you go dancing on the first place?"

I started taking ballet lessons at the age of five (but before that, when I was still a baby, my mom used to see me doing splits on the bed while taking my bottle of milk! It sort of 'relaxes' me.) in Carmona, with my baby ballet teacher Chippy Lontoc-Dioko. I had lots of fun and made friends - and kept me busy during the summer. We performed in CCP Mini Theater, that Teacher Chippy taught us how to smile and have stage-presence. Then I joined ballet classes in my school, HSS. I learned to do freestyle dance there. But after a while, I stopped dancing. Yes, for almost one year. And I gained weight, became more chubby, and got higher grades in Academics. (That was the only pro.)

My school sort of forced me to do a solo dance on the Graduation Day of the Pre-schoolers. So I did it. My mom and I just patterned the dance in this Barbie Nutcracker movie:



because I had no more ballet teachers that time. Then my mom realized I need to go back.

I met Teacher Jo in Calamba's RWDS through my friend. She was the best teacher I ever had. She molded me to be a greater ballet dancer.

...to be continued.