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THE PATH TO SUCCESS:
Maybe if you worked hard, you could eat whatever you want.
Dancers have muscles, not cookie dough. Don’t eat too much.
You need to lose weight.
You need to be skinny.
Hold your stomach in.
Bring your belly button to your spine. Don’t forget to breathe.
Why aren’t you breathing?
You must stretch whenever you can. Don’t over stretch, or you will get injured. Only stretch when you are warm.
Warm up before class.
Don’t stretch before class.
Don’t tire yourself out for class.
You must be sweating after 5 minutes. Why aren’t you sweating?
Why isn’t your leg higher?
WHAT MY RUSSIAN
Smoke, don’t eat.
T E A C H E R H A S T A U G H T M E You can eat boiled bananas—it will re-
SKYLAR PENLAND
move the sugar but keep the potassium. Thanksgiving is a special occasion, so
you can chew the food, but then you
must spit it out.
In Russia you would have been kicked out.
THE GRIND • DANIEL ZHANG
Pen & Ink • 12x20 • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: Gold Key
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