Hi, my name is Taisiia. When I was about 7 years old my mom sent me to an out-of-town camp, where we would always have a mandatory nap after lunch. In one of those naps my first ballet teacher Julia Yurievna came up to me, took away my blanket and said, “You have Ballet legs, and you have a future in Ballet.” “You must come to our school to study.” She gave me ballet posters and information sheets. Seeing the graceful ballerinas on the posters, I immediately fell in love with ballet.
Every day I learn something new about myself as a dancer. The lesson I’ve learned is that I must give my 150% in the studio, so I can still be satisfied with my performance on stage. I am currently a Junior Company Member with Jörgen Dance, so I consider myself on the edge of a student and a professional dancer. What I love most about teaching is making the learning process fun and engaging so the students can fully enjoy learning the choreography. A piece of advice I give to other dancers is to focus more on the process than on the result.
