~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 are your three favorite things about dancing?
My three favorite things about dancing include, it is a chance for a challenge, an escape from stress, and most importantly, it is a way to have fun.
3. Why do you enjoy being a part of the company?
I enjoy being a part of the company because, of the many performing opportunities I receive. From dancing at the NC Museum of History to dancing at the Stevens Center in Winston Salem, I have gained great experiences and memories that will last a lifetime.
4. What are your ambitions?
My dream is to have a career in Psychology and dance, whether it is professionally, at a local studio, or in my living room.
Maya Chapman:
1. What inspires you to dance?
Famous dancers like Misty Copeland, have been very successful in dancing. That makes me think that I have the strength to do it too.
2. What are your three favorite things about dancing?
I like to dance because it challenges me, it lets me soar when I’m not having the best day, and I do what I love with the people I love.
3. Why do you enjoy being a part of the company?
I like being part of the company because it gives me and the other dancers more opportunities to dance more.
4. What are your ambitions?
I want to be a professional ballerina when I grow up, and all this good training and other teachers along the way, will help me get there.