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By Pamela Hale-Burns on June 17, 2011 2:58 PM | | Comments (0) |
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I was very excited to be one of the principal dancers in Helios Dance Theater's production of "Beautiful Monsters" at Cerritos Center for the Arts because I grew up in Los Alamitos and my family and friends are here. I started dancing at Long Beach Ballet when I was 5 and I've been in 20 "Nutcrackers" with the company. I also enjoyed competing on Season Five of "So You Think You Can Dance." On live TV there is so much to distract you, lots of cameras, people screaming (which I loved), and it's intimidating when you know millions of people are watching at home. On a live stage, because the theater is bigger and the audience is quiet, until the end of the piece, I can take myself deeper into my character.
"Beautiful Monsters," is about the beauty and terror of dreams, and it tells a version of the vampire myth. I am the mortal who gets bitten. I love my character because I can relate to her: sleepy and dreamy, strong yet vulnerable. I love my duet in the piece because of how romantic and emotional it is. I trust my partner so much that I do the entire piece with my eyes closed. I love that the show is about dreams because as a dancer my best dreams are about dancing, jumping higher than possible, and turning forever.

Submitted by Melissa Sandvig

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This is my little friend, 6-year-old Jenna Martinez playing outside on a very windy Saturday afternoon.

Submitted by Jennifer Koh
Cerritos

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Here I am venturing into Egypt and the famous pyramids at Giza. Little did I know that dissent was growing like a dark cloud and chaos looming like a thunderstorm waiting to break.
Submitted by Diana Lejins


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Sr. Irma Gomez's Farewell Party
Wearing a black veil is Sr. Irma Gomez, MSSET (Eucharistic Missionarie of the Most Holy Trinity). She is surrounded by parishioners of St. Irenaeus Catholic Church in Cypress at her Farewell Party on May 22. The message on the cake, donated by Dee Logan, said: "We love you. We'll miss you. May God bless you." Since Sr. Irma is an accountant with banking experience, she is returning to Mexico City to serve as assistant to the financial officer of her order.
Submitted by Edna Ethington

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