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Why isn’t you hip down? Your hips must be square. Pointe your feet.
Shoulders down and back. Hold your ribs in.
Relax your fingers.
Your arms must look delicate. You look weak.
Your body should make a straight line. Why are there curves?
Have you been eating?
Why are you still sitting?
Are you even injured?
Stop being lazy.
Go to the doctor.
What did the doctor say?
Doctor knows nothing.
Go to a chiropractor.
You hurt it again?
Go take a bath.
You must come back gradually after an injury! You came back too fast.
This is not good.
We have shows soon.
Why aren’t you back yet?
It takes time to get back into shape.
You just start dancing again.
Focus. You must anticipate the combina-
tion, THINK AHEAD.
Listen to what I’m saying don’t act with-
out my words!
Be respectful.
Look professional.
No jewelry.
Hair tight and slicked back.
You need clean shoes.
Make sure your shoes are broken in
before rehearsal.
Your shoes are too worn, get new ones.
Your parents told you to have fun. Are you having fun?
Never miss rehearsal.
Rehearsal is mandatory.
Class in mandatory.
Shows are mandatory. Everything I say is mandatory.
You have no mandatory.
You don’t know what is mandatory.
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LIFTING WITH SUNNY • DANIEL ZHANG
Pen & Ink • 10x15 • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: Honorable Mention
CHICAGO • C.J. GOODEN
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