UNL - the Cast - Meet Ali
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- [00:00:07.443]Hi, I'm Ali. I'm a dance major in the Glen Korff School of Music at
- [00:00:10.949]the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- [00:00:12.989]I am always dancing. [laugh] Really.
- [00:00:16.375]When I was in the third grade, I remember my first dance performance.
- [00:00:19.589]The lights went up and everyone looked at me as I was center stage and
- [00:00:23.112]I absolutely fell in love with dance.
- [00:00:26.036]Dancers definitely have to be very strong. Um, I'm working on it. [laughter]
- [00:00:33.799]In some ways I guess I'm a little quirky. I'm a little OCD about how I eat my candy.
- [00:00:38.329]When I eat Skittles, I have to eat them in the color of the rainbow backwards
- [00:00:42.378]with the exception of purple.
- [00:00:45.502]I'm always wearing dance clothes and a leotard and tights around campus and
- [00:00:49.273]people think I'm kind of weird.
- [00:00:52.549]As a student, we have a ton of access to a lot of things going on.
- [00:00:56.281]The Lied Center is right downtown. The incredible shows that they bring here and
- [00:01:01.279]just the phenomenal dancers who have been on the stage, I just love it so much.
- [00:01:08.053]When I was looking for a dance program, I was looking for people who could inspire
- [00:01:12.510]me and make me a better dancer and make me the best that I could and I have
- [00:01:16.628]definitely found that at Lincoln.
- [00:01:18.267]The university offers classes specializing in ballet and modern.
- [00:01:22.426]Modern is, somewhat, the rebellion of ballet.
- [00:01:26.008]Ballet is so elegant and beautiful and strengthening for all your technique.
- [00:01:30.792]Whereas modern you never know what you're going to walk into.
- [00:01:34.004]Most people are concerned that if they take dance as a career they'll be
- [00:01:37.816]done by the time they are twenty.
- [00:01:39.648]But in modern dance, you can pursue a career well into your forties or fifties.
- [00:01:44.596]As long as you are able, you can definitely make dance your career.
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