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Hello there, I’m Paula Metzler and I am proud to say that I am a dancer!
As cheesy and cliché as it sounds, I love dancing with all my heart and it’s an amazing feeling to let yourself go in dance. Classes, rehearsals and performances are a time for me to be myself with no one else to judge me. My creativity flows in my head and I get to show my idea/story through my body… through movement. Its an unexplainable high and that is why I love dancing and being a dancer.
My passion for dance made me join Urban Arts Dance Company. I took a few classes at a dance convention where Jenelle Yarbrough and many great choreographers were teaching. Thats when she told me about the company. I was 13 at the time and I wanted to set my mind to it. At the age of 15, my family allowed me to audition…I did….and I made it!! I am so happy I joined this company, its basically my second family! (: I have been in UA for only one year and I’ve gotta say, I have never felt this happy and inspired in my life. Every dancer in this company is so creative, talented and unique and to share a room with all of this love is the best.
As great as it is, you still have to work hard. Hard work is so important and you grow so much as a dancer if you push through every challenging piece you acquire. It’s beyond “worth it” though. This year is my second year being part of Urban Arts Dance Company and I am so motivated to become a better dancer each class, each piece, each performance! More great memories to be made, more laughs, more tears and more sweat (: can’t wait!
- Paula
