A Studious Alexa Biography Essay

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With the smooth moves and gracefully turns, anyone can be memorized by the tranquility and peacefulness that is ballet. They say it’s is like dreaming on your feet, and Alexa Novaes Nichols is a strong supporter of this notion. After nine years of rigorous gymnastics, it was time to move on. She didn’t feel anything toward the sport as she did long ago. She craved for a feeling that would last a lifetime, and so, the quest for finding the next activity was the on the loose.

From soccer to yoga, she tried anything and everything with a hopeful attitude, but she always ended back in the same stump. Oh how she desired for that magical spark for a sport, but her aspiration never fell. Alex was determined in finding the sport. Putting the
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I love the structure that ballet seems to have. It makes me want to get things done.” A studious Alexa explained about how her passion for ballet is incorporated in her work. As a result, Ms. Novaes Nichols is able to control her own self and uses the skills educated in the art form to apply it to her work, with a sprinkle of decorum of course.

French is considered the language of ballet and Alexa’s fluency aided her a path of understanding what she does and says. Before coming to Design Tech High-School, Alexa was enrolled in a French school that she had attended for ten years of her life. She can read and write in the language of love with ease, and that transpired the fondness for the dance.

When she isn’t doing pirouettes and jete-ing across the room , Alexa relishes in other activities that she indulges in from time to time. She has a deep appreciation for being able to tell a story, whether it is visually through her videography or through her words in writing, she savors in the process of creating and expressing to others what she thinks or feels. From this hobby, she blends the concept of telling a story into her dance moves. It is up to the audience if they can translate her swift moves into a story. Next time you see her dance, look a little closer and stare a little longer… You may learn a thing or

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