"Mama, when I grow up, I'm going to be one of those!" I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my 1had taken on a lifelike form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and2 more, my interests in the world of dance 3changed but that little girl's dream of someday becoming a 4 in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a 5; I became a member of the company6back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it is surely 7of any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief 8I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually9 to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely10. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was excited with the change, it did not come without its fair share of11. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to 12up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme 13 to detail and stress on practice that set us 14. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals with a 15show plan of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new 16 of the words "hard work. " What I thought were my physical 17 were pushed much further than I thought 18. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great 19 of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a 20 that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a wonderful company that continues to develop and grow — and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
