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Speaker 2: What does being a dancer mean to you?

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Speaker 3: They have fun and do ballet, they dance, they do sport,

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Speaker 4: When I grow up, I want to be a pilot

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Speaker 4: with a uniform white, always flying high up in the sky.

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Speaker 4: When I grow up, I want to be a firefighter

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Speaker 4: putting out flames, or maybe a police officer keeping people safe.

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Speaker 4: It's so fun to learn what you can be growing

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Speaker 4: up growing up. When I grow up, I want to

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Speaker 4: be an artist that paints for trits. Want to be

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Speaker 4: a scientist that does experiment. Oh, so many people you

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Speaker 4: will be growing up?

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Speaker 2: Growing up?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, growing up?

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Speaker 2: Hi, and welcome to Growing Up with Emily, a Lingo

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Speaker 2: kids podcast helping amazing kids to grow up and be

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Speaker 2: even more amazing. And Emily, it's me. You know, as

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Speaker 2: a kid, I was always asked what do you want

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Speaker 2: so many things. Does that sound familiar? Then? I am

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Speaker 2: glad you are listening because you are going to find

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Speaker 2: out what it takes to be anything you want. Are

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Speaker 2: you ready to make dancing your superpower?

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Speaker 1: Grow?

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Speaker 4: In y.

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Speaker 2: Last episode, we met Lily Bartlam, a real actress. Today,

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Speaker 2: we're shining a spotlight on another cool grown up in

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Speaker 2: the theater, a dancer. Have you ever seen a dance performance?

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Speaker 2: If you've dreamed of being a dancer when you grow up,

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Speaker 2: you don't want to miss this episode. Today, we're going

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Speaker 2: to meet a real dancer. Before we meet him, let's

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Speaker 2: explore what it means to dance growing up, growing up?

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Speaker 2: Did you know that dancing has been around for several

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Speaker 2: thousand years. People from all parts of the world use

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Speaker 2: dance to express feelings or to tell a story. Oh,

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Speaker 2: dancing isn't a sport, but a dancer does train like

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Speaker 2: takes practice, practice, practice, practice. We've heard this before, right,

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Speaker 2: There are thousands of ways to move your body. Let's

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Speaker 2: explore just a few. There's classical European like ballet, where

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Speaker 2: a dancer moves in a way that makes him or

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Speaker 2: how about lively ballroom dancing like Brazilian samba, where partners

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Speaker 2: swivel their hips and move their feet to the rhythm

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Speaker 2: of drums and other percussion instruments. Asian folk dances like

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Speaker 2: the fan dance of China, Korea, or Vietnam share cultural stories.

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Speaker 2: Dancers move together with giant, colorful fans to create scenes

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Speaker 2: of beauty and grace. I'm a huge fan of the

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Speaker 2: fan dance. Some dance moves come from the streets. The

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Speaker 2: most popular restyle dance in the world is hip hop,

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Speaker 2: with high energy and quick movements. Dancers move in unusual

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Speaker 2: ways known as breaking, popping, and lacking. Popping and lacking.

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Speaker 2: So if you've got ants in your pants and you

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Speaker 2: Before we meet the dancers, let's take a peek at

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Speaker 2: the actors on stage. The set looks like a living room.

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Speaker 2: What's going on? It's very quiet. Everyone is hiding behind

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Speaker 1: Oh hi, Frankie, come in.

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Speaker 2: Wow, I bet you know that tune. This scene must

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Speaker 2: be a surprise birthday party. Here comes someone with a

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Speaker 2: big cake. Let's sing happy birthday to Frankie.

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Speaker 3: Happy birthday, do you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birth

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Speaker 2: While the guests eat cake, Frankie is opening gifts. Let's

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Speaker 2: out for flying feet? Hey, that reminds me. Why should

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Speaker 2: you never dance with horses because they have two left feet?

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Speaker 2: Someone who can't dance is said to have two left feet,

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Speaker 2: and horses they have the two left feet. Let's interview

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Speaker 2: the lead. Are you ready to meet a real dancer?

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Speaker 1: Can't wait? Can't wait?

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Speaker 3: The name on the door, says Patrick Paulkin's soloist with

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Speaker 2: lingo kids and we want to find out what it

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Speaker 2: takes to be a dancer. Can we ask some questions?

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Speaker 5: Absolutely great.

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Speaker 2: We've read that you are a soloist in the Boston Ballet.

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Speaker 5: So a soloist is one of the ranks that we

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Speaker 5: they'll dance more often, and what they will dance will

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Speaker 2: What would you say are three things all dancers need?

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Speaker 5: For classical ballet dancers, three things that all of them need.

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Speaker 5: One thing you need is a strong understanding of classical ballet.

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Speaker 5: Two do you need to have a strong body, and

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Speaker 5: need classical ballet technique, need a strong, durable body, and

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Speaker 2: Very interesting. Maybe you can give us some tips at

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Speaker 2: the end on how our listeners can start learning all

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Speaker 2: of this. We also receive some excellent questions from our

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Speaker 1: Are all dancers tall and thin?

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Speaker 5: Absolutely not. Not all dancers are just one body type.

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Speaker 5: Anybody can dance if you're short, if you're tall. All

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Speaker 1: How do you remember all of the dance moves?

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Speaker 5: it's it's a skill, just like anything else. Once you

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Speaker 1: What do you like best about being a dancer?

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Speaker 5: that's the best part I think I get to do. Yes,

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Speaker 1: Do you get to travel a lot as a ballet dancer.

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Speaker 5: Before the pandemic? Yes, I did, I got to travel

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Speaker 1: How old were you when you decided you wanted to

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Speaker 5: Wow, I was really young because I was fortunate enough

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Speaker 5: There is this idea that that you have to be

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Speaker 5: have to be dedicated, even if you start when you're sixteen,

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Speaker 2: What do you think that kids can do now while

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Speaker 6: Dance, Just dance wherever you are, go and dance, you know,

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Speaker 6: like it's a I learned a lot of things from

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Speaker 5: So if you if you want to be a ballet dancer,

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Speaker 5: that's great, but you can't just do ballet. You have

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Speaker 5: to do all kinds of dance. Just move wherever you are.

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Speaker 5: Just find that music and if it makes you want

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Speaker 5: to move, then move. Just dance, wiggle around, you know,

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Speaker 2: Sounds easy, Let's give it a try. I'm going to

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Speaker 2: clap along.

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Speaker 2: So go ahead, put on your favorite music and put

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