Written by: Olivia Robillard
“When I was 3, my mom took me to my first ballet class at a community center. That was the moment my life of dance started.”
Astrid takes drop-in ballet classes at the Walter Carsen Center for the National Ballet of Canada. She has danced in the Nutcracker for a few years.
“I got to be a part of Nutcracker with an open-call audition for the battle-scene. That was the only scene students could do. Dancing on stage was very overwhelming. I felt the pressure to match my peers in such a professional environment; it was intimidating. Keeping up with the other dancers was difficult. It was very high-caliber, the dance was complex, the costumes were heavy, but overall the experience was worth it. To be able to see everything behind the scenes of such a big production was an experience I wouldn’t trade for the world.”
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