Becoming Ballet

This month's featured dancer is Emily Fennell. Emily is 18 years old and a graduate of the Harid Conservatory. Currently she is training in Vancouver BC. Last year she was the youngest member (17 years old) with the Cleveland ballet during their preview season after which she danced under contract with Columbia Classical in SC. Her additional training includes the Kirov academy of D.C., Bolshoi Academy summer intensive in NYC as well as 6 weeks in Moscow, and the Royal Danish summer intensive. Emily would like to inspire young dancers listening with her story through ballet. When she was 13 her dad was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer. Although he was in and out of the hospital she never missed a day of ballet. Her dad was her biggest supporter in her dreams and he taught her to never give up. Throughout her dads illness ballet became a safe space for Emily to get away from the stresses of her life outside the studio. The main things that got Emily through his passing was God, my loving family, and of cour