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00:30It's so hard it is to make it as a dancer
00:32Kids who are pursuing ballet as a career
00:34Give up their childhood
00:37It never stops hurting
00:38You've been working your body to death
00:40Since you were like five
00:42Tenacity is the main thing that a dancer needs
00:45You have to follow your dream
00:48A lot of men think ballet is not what it is
00:52I have to say I never expected my son to be a dancer
00:55But I couldn't be prouder
00:57Point
00:57Yes
00:58Yeah, exactly
00:59I was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa
01:01My parents were shot by the rebels
01:04It's a miracle I'm even here
01:07I think I live a pretty normal life
01:09My nickname at school is Barbie
01:11Because I can bend in all different directions
01:15Those people that say I've missed out on childhood
01:18I think I've just had the right amount of childhood
01:20And the right amount of ballet
01:22Pull up, pull up, pull up, pull up, pull up
01:24I'm from Colombia
01:25I work for my family
01:28My dream is being a professional ballet dancer
01:32Five minutes to the show
01:33Five minutes to the show
01:35So many dancers who like to have a career
01:38But very, very, very few succeed
01:42At least 5,000 enter the competition
01:45And then only a couple hundred make it to New York
01:48It was horrible
01:51You have five minutes on stage
01:53To prove why you deserve this chance
02:12It's finally my dream
02:14My life is gonna change
02:15You have five minutes to the show
02:16You have five minutes to the show
02:16You have five minutes to the show
02:17You have five minutes to the show
02:18You have five minutes to the show
02:19You have five minutes to the show
02:20You have five minutes to the show
02:21You have five minutes to the show
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