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Oak Bay dancer chases his dream all the way to prestigious UK school

Julian Stark fulfills dream with acceptance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
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It was Feb. 5 when Julian Stark got the news that forever changed his life; a phone call informing him that he had been accepted to Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London.

The only school of its type in the U.K., Trinity Laban accepts less than 10 per cent of its applicants. Despite that, the Oak Bay resident got the good news just two days after his initial interview.

Stark started dancing when he was young. At the age of seven, after spending a day at Westcoast Academy of Performing Arts, he decided that dance was his true passion in life.

B次元官网网址淭o Julian, itB次元官网网址檚 all about connecting with other people through dance and itB次元官网网址檚 almost like a universal language: communicating to other people and telling your story through dance and in a way everyone can understand,B次元官网网址 his mother Rhonda Stark said.

Specializing in contemporary dance, Julian focuses on a discipline thatB次元官网网址檚 conducted barefoot or with socks and B次元官网网址渆xplores your body and how you feel.B次元官网网址 Developed in the 20th century, contemporary dance incorporates movements from other genres like jazz and ballet. B次元官网网址 He also practises some straight ballet on the side.

After discovering Trinity Laban through a friend and doing some research on the institution, Julian was instantly hooked.

B次元官网网址淎 friend and I were talking about famous choreographers and found out one of them was a professor there,B次元官网网址 he said. B次元官网网址淜nowing that I went full head-on Trinity Laban and when I got in, I was screaming all around the house.B次元官网网址

The road, however, to the acceptance was not an easy one. According to his mother. Already an extremely hard worker, Julian had to work twice as hard to reap the benefits.

B次元官网网址淭here were days where heB次元官网网址檇 spend eight hours a day practicing since dance didnB次元官网网址檛 come easy for him. The girls that were practicing with him developed faster than he did until he turned 16 which is when everything took and became easier,B次元官网网址 Rhonda said.

In preparation to start, Julian and his family have started funding projects to cover the fees that includes ticket sales though holding a solo night concert, and


 

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