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Tamica Boyce started dancing at the age of 3 at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center and has been a member of fusion2 for three years. Tamica loves dancing with the fusion2 company because it creates a challenge for her in dance.
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Sydney Ehrman, has trained at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center since the age of six. Although she focuses primarily on modern dance, in past years she also attended The Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet as well as summer programs at The Rock School. She has been a member of fusion2 since 2005, and is currently teaching a jazz/hip hop class for teens at the Merion location of the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center.
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Pertrise Harris has been dancing at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center for ten years, she studies ballet, modern, jazz and tap. This is Pertrise's second year with fusion2.
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Crystalle Johnson has been dancing at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center for five years and with fusion2 for three years. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern and hip-hop. Crystalle also won an award as the Jr. Tap Idol in May 2006 at Jaye Allison’s Philly Tap Challenge on Fire. Crystalle has appeared as a guest dancer for David Parker and the Bang Group in January 2008 in excerpts of Nut/Cracked. After high school Crystalle plans to attend college and major in psychology.
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Ni'Matullah King has been dancing for 8 years and plans to continue dancing. She has learned that there will be times when you become discouraged and feel like giving up, however, being able to push through those hard times, make you a better dancer. Dancing is not a hobby, like a sport or a game, it is an art, a way of life. This is Ni'Matullah's first year performing with fusion2.
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Aislinn O'Donohue began dancing at the age of 3 and has been dancing at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center since the 4th Grade. She previously attended Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School. This is Aislinn's second year with fusion2.
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Juliette Snyder has been studying dance since she was six years old. She studied ballet for 9 years at The Rock School where during that time she performed in productions of the Pennsylvania Ballet. She was in the cast of The Nutcracker Suite, Midsummer’s Night Dream, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. She also performed during the 2005 and 2006 seasons with the Jeanne Ruddy Dance Company in their performance of Out of the Mist: Into the Real where she had a lead role as an adolescent young woman. Juliette was accepted into the Philadanco training program in 2007 and has been studying there in conjunction with studying at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center ever since. Juliette has been a member of the fusion2 Dance Company since 2007. Dancing with fusion2 is a perfect fit for Juliette. She loves her involvement with community service and outreach programs. She most recently developed an after-school dance program at the Gesu School for 3rd-5th grade girls. Juliette teaches at this after-school program twice a week and has arranged for the children to attend professional performances many for their very first time.
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Arianne Wenk has been a member of fusion2 for seven years and is grateful for all the great times and wonderful opportunities she has been a part of with the company; from the many company performances and workshops with Donald McKayle and Mary Anthony, to outreach performances and original Duncan Etudes. In 2009 Arianne will graduate from both Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center and take advantage of her full scholarship at Swarthmore College where she will study pre-med, languages and dance.
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