Help Send Zaida To SF To Dance!
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Hi! I am Zaida Johnson and I am a thirteen-year-old eighth grader from Portland, Oregon. I have been a dedicated dancer since I was four years old, and continue to work hard and train six days a week in order to achieve my dreams. I recently auditioned for the Alonzo King Lines Ballet summer intensive and am so proud to announce that I was accepted! This four week program in San Francisco runs from June 11th to July 8th. It will be my first summer intensive away from home, so I am asking for help with tuition, travel and other expenses. Anything raised past my goal will still be applied to AKLB, and the rest will be saved and put towards tuition and expenses for the other dance programs/workshops I am attending later this summer at Bodyvox and next summer (location to be determined).
I am currently dancing for Bodyvox’s youth program, Junior Artist Generator (also known as JAG), and at daVinci Arts Middle School where my arts focus is dance. Before I came to daVinci, I was studying classical ballet at the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. SOBT is the official training ground for Oregon Ballet Theatre, and offers chances to perform in productions with professional dancers. That is where I began my dance training and I studied there for nine years.
The summer intensive at Alonzo King Lines Ballet is a diverse program that supports the growth of the contemporary ballet dancer, and values artistic risk-taking and independent thinking. I want to step out of my comfort zone and explore new things that will challenge me, educate me, and help me expand my dancing tool belt. I really believe that the summer program at Alonzo King Lines Ballet could help me achieve this. Other goals of mine that I think the program can help me accomplish are to push myself, to take risks, and to be more independent as a dancer as well as a teenager. I want to explore, boost my creativity, and expand my dance education overall. I also hope to audition this year for the nationally known Jefferson Dance Program at Portland’s Jefferson High School. I know that a lot of the dancers there have participated in programs at Alonzo King Lines, and I hope to add my name to that list. It would be a huge honor!
The summer intensive at Alonzo King Lines is fairly expensive. Tuition, travel to and from San Francisco, and other expenses really add up. Just the tuition plus room and board is over $5000, and this does not include travel, supplies, or any other expenses. I was lucky enough to recieve partial help through a merit scholarship and a need based scholarship, but am still seeking help for the rest of the expenses through your donations. Money raised past my goal will still be applied towards AKLB, and the remainder will be put towards tuition and expenses of other dance programs I am attending later this summer at Bodyvox and next summer (location to be determined). I would be so grateful for any support that you could provide. Every little amount helps! Thank you so much for reading my story!
In gratitude,
Zaida
Info about AKLSI:
http://summer.linesballet.org/about/
I am currently dancing for Bodyvox’s youth program, Junior Artist Generator (also known as JAG), and at daVinci Arts Middle School where my arts focus is dance. Before I came to daVinci, I was studying classical ballet at the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. SOBT is the official training ground for Oregon Ballet Theatre, and offers chances to perform in productions with professional dancers. That is where I began my dance training and I studied there for nine years.
The summer intensive at Alonzo King Lines Ballet is a diverse program that supports the growth of the contemporary ballet dancer, and values artistic risk-taking and independent thinking. I want to step out of my comfort zone and explore new things that will challenge me, educate me, and help me expand my dancing tool belt. I really believe that the summer program at Alonzo King Lines Ballet could help me achieve this. Other goals of mine that I think the program can help me accomplish are to push myself, to take risks, and to be more independent as a dancer as well as a teenager. I want to explore, boost my creativity, and expand my dance education overall. I also hope to audition this year for the nationally known Jefferson Dance Program at Portland’s Jefferson High School. I know that a lot of the dancers there have participated in programs at Alonzo King Lines, and I hope to add my name to that list. It would be a huge honor!
The summer intensive at Alonzo King Lines is fairly expensive. Tuition, travel to and from San Francisco, and other expenses really add up. Just the tuition plus room and board is over $5000, and this does not include travel, supplies, or any other expenses. I was lucky enough to recieve partial help through a merit scholarship and a need based scholarship, but am still seeking help for the rest of the expenses through your donations. Money raised past my goal will still be applied towards AKLB, and the remainder will be put towards tuition and expenses of other dance programs I am attending later this summer at Bodyvox and next summer (location to be determined). I would be so grateful for any support that you could provide. Every little amount helps! Thank you so much for reading my story!
In gratitude,
Zaida
Info about AKLSI:
http://summer.linesballet.org/about/
Organizer
Suzi Lewis
Organizer
Portland, OR