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SPEAKER 1
Because when I dance, I feel like I’m going to be a dancer when I’m older.
SPEAKER 2
In school, I was kind of told I would get nowhere in life and I would fail because I didn’t pay attention, or it was kind of my fault for my dyslexia.
[Text on screen: Why do you love to dance? By Jade Lavinia]
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SPEAKER 3
I just think it’s a space where I feel free to just explore, be big, take up space. Maybe if it’s in a place where you feel in the world that maybe your voice isn’t heard very much, or you’re not like the top dog, or you’re not socially really gorgeous or really funny or got loads of mates, but then you can just take up as much space as possible and just be big and be seen and be heard.
SPEAKER 4
I was quite a shy person when I was younger. I still kind of am, but I feel like I could never talk. I could never speak in front of a hundred people, but I feel like I could dance in front of a hundred people. It just makes me so confident.
SPEAKER 5
And that’s just a way of expressing myself without using words. I just like exploring how I feel with my body. Do you know what I mean? Pushing myself to do things like commercial, this is the first time. And it was amazing, just feeling different things and stuff like that, you know what I mean?
SPEAKER 6
Because I think dancing is a really good way to entertain my body. And I just want to form really good moves that I could teach to my children in the future.
SPEAKER 7
It’s just helped me communicate along the way. Because I’ve had quite a rough experience through the years. And it’s just helped get my mind together.
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SPEAKER 7
And like, that’s–[GETTING EMOTIONAL]
SPEAKER 8
Because it makes me very happy, and it makes me not bored at home.
SPEAKER 9
Well, I enjoy it because it’s really fun. I get to express myself. And whenever I do it at school, all my friends just say, wow, that’s really good, Caitlin. And then after I’ve finished doing normal street dance, I just start to party and go, yay.
SPEAKER 10
Because I get to join in with my friends. And if they’re nervous, I get to encourage them to join in.
SPEAKER 11
I love the way that my body feels when I get something right. Like, when you’re doing a wave movement, and you feel the movement from your fingertips, and when you’re getting that line just right, I just love the feeling of accomplishment. And also, it’s just fun to move. It’s fun to exercise, all that kind of stuff.
SPEAKER 12
I love to dance because it’s like you can do all different styles. And it takes just away all my worries. And I like doing it a lot because it’s just fun to do. And I love it.
SPEAKER 13
Well, I love to dance because I love feeling the music, feeling the beat. And I just love going along with my dance and street dance.
SPEAKER 14
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[Text on screen: Well, when I dance I get into the dance role]
Sorry.
SPEAKER 15
That’s OK.
SPEAKER 14
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[Text on screen: I can forger things that don’t make me very happy and enjoy the dance in the dance studio and how I feel like my whole body is lost and my mood is better. So that’s why I like to dance]
SPEAKER 16
If I’m having a bad day, I can just get rid of the sadness.
SPEAKER 17
I think because when I can be in my own little world and have loads of fun.
SPEAKER 18
Can you do a pose for me? Nice! Well done. High five. Send the next person in. Good job. Off you go.
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