Dancer with local ties to train with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Courtesy of Paula DeCarlo
Carmela DeCarlo, the 14-year-old daughter of New Salem native Paula DeCarlo, has joined the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre无毛视频檚 professional training program.
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Courtesy of Paula DeCarlo
Carmela DeCarlo has joined the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre无毛视频檚 professional training program. The 14-year-old is the daughter of New Salem native Paula DeCarlo.
Fourteen-year-old Carmela DeCarlo intends to dance her way to the top with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT).
The Kernersville, North Carolina teen, the daughter of former New Salem resident Paula DeCarlo, found her love of dancing as a toddler, and is hopeful to make it her career.
无毛视频淭hey usually grab the professionals when they are about 16 years old,无毛视频� Carmela said.
In April, she was invited to audition with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre pre-professional school division, under school director Marjorie Grundvig. After attending the five-week Intensive Summer Program at PBT, Paula said her daughter committed to the PBT professional training program.
无毛视频淐armela had a big decision to make for her high school years, and she made the decision to continue with dance,无毛视频� Paula said.
For the next four years, instead of taking academic classes like most 9th through 12th grade students, Carmela无毛视频檚 weekdays will be spent dancing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. She无毛视频檒l also have Saturday dance classes, according to her mother.
无毛视频淭his program is very rigorous. It is hardcore,无毛视频� Paula said.
Carmela无毛视频檚 evenings will be spent fulfilling the academic requirements for high school online.
From age 3, Carmela said dance has been a focal point in her life. She recalled walking into a studio and hearing the music, finding its rhythm and the feelings that it gives off.
无毛视频淚 dance because it is a way that I can find and create my motor, cognitive and social skills, enabling me to freely interpret what I see and what I do,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淒ance is many things and invokes different ideas for everyone.无毛视频�
For Carmela, dance means healing, change and 无毛视频渇reedom of the soul.无毛视频�
无毛视频淒ance is an entity that is unlimited in possibilities and can lead a person down many paths in life,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淒ance is a fantasy and reality; it is art, a blessing and a purpose.无毛视频�
Dance also runs in the family. Growing up in Fayette County, Paul performed at a number of local dance schools, and noted many of those schools produced success stories.
无毛视频淭he dance connection throughout the Uniontown area is incredible,无毛视频� Paula said. 无毛视频淭he art programs 无毛视频� have always produced professionals.无毛视频�
Carmela is hopeful she will soon join those ranks.
无毛视频淲hen you become a professional, you get paid. That is what I really want to do,无毛视频� she said.