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~Happy Spring! Our second installment of Infinity company member profiles is finally here!~ Aubrey Houle: 1.  What inspires you to dance? I love to learn. The studio is my happy place. I am inspired by Alicia Alonso, a blind ballerina. I too am visually impaired so knowing that other dancers with similar challenges can do it encourages me to not give up. When I watch a professional ballet, the dancers are so beautiful and it looks effortless. That makes me want to work harder. 2.  What are your three favorite things about dancing? My relationships with my peers. I love working hard because when performance season comes, I can see how the work has paid off. Dancing is an escape from negativity, stress. There is never a time where I don't want to be at the studio working and traIning. 3.  Why do you enjoy being a part of the company? We are a family. We've seen each other grow up, improve, and suffer. But we are there for each other in and out of the studio. Company is an extra opportunity to do what I love with who I love. 4.  What are your ambitions? My dream is to be a professional ballet dancer. Wherever dance takes me I will follow. I want dance to lead to the way. When I'm physically unable to dance, I want to teach others this beautiful art form and for others to have the same opportunities that I have had. Hannah Green: 1. What inspires you to dance? I don’t have a specific inspiration to why I dance, I just love it, dance has been something that I have grown up doing. 2. What [...]

~ This post is the first in a series profiling the Infinity Ballet Theatre company dancers. ~ On January 23rd through 25th, four of the Infinity company members traveled to Atlanta with Miss Debbie and Miss Cari-Lenn and parents to compete at the Youth American Grand Prix. They all enjoyed and benefited from the chance to take master classes with instructors from around the country, to perform classical variations and contemporary pieces they had perfected with the choreography and coaching help of the Infinity faculty, and to interact with and measure themselves against other young, aspiring dancers. Anna-Marie Kool: Why did you decide to compete at Youth American Grand Prix? I love the process. I love working on a variation, and then showing the judges who I am and what I’ve worked hard to accomplish. I decided to compete at YAGP because it challenges me in many ways and I feel it makes me stronger as a person. What was your favorite aspect of YAGP? I enjoyed being amongst many dancers who love dance like I do. I love being inspired by all of the different levels that are represented there. What did you learn about yourself as a dancer through YAGP? I learned that I should “go confidently in the direction of my dreams” because I have what it takes to accomplish what I want to. (Henry David Thoreau) What do you hope to accomplish in your dancing career? I hope to dance professionally with a company somewhere. I want to inspire others to go after their dreams, as many great artists did for me. What is your greatest inspiration to dance? A lot of things inspire me. I [...]