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thank you

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uh hi I’m my name is Nicole I’m Nicole

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taxi and I’m a performer a choreographer

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dance writer and arts critic I’m right

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now a company summer company member with

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frog in hand

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frog in hand we are performing a

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Bollywood and disco piece so I’m really

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excited to get to be a part of that

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I think that is the most amazing thing

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how these musicians have been able to

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combine a Bollywood song and a disco

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song So seamlessly together and like

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disco and Bollywood are two very

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different cultures very different styles

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and just thinking disco and Bollywood

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you’d be like there’s no way but when we

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were as Dancers just like we got to hear

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this music it just flowed so seamlessly

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and it made it so much easier for the

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choreographer and for the dancers to

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just dive into this this mix of styles

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oh my God

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truly it is amazing how dance is seen

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across the globe and how you know

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anywhere you go you can find someone

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somewhere who’s dancing who’s doing

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rehearsals who’s hosting classes like

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it’s it’s such a universal art form I’ve

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always said that it you know it crosses

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boundaries it crosses language barriers

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like it’s it’s so Universal and Global

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I’ve been able to be a part of this

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Workshop which has been really nice you

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know getting some marketing and

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producing just education because I did

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get that at Toronto metropolitan

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University

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but it’s been it’s been a little bit so

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getting that refresher and hearing it

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again and hearing other people’s stories

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too right so the other people who are

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also part of the festival you know we

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got to hear a little bit about their

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stories where they come from and so that

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has been really great it’s it’s a really

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nice introduction into the festival that

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I’m now going to be a part of

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foreign

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I think the first thing it means to me

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this Festival is that I get to perform

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live again that’s that’s a big one and

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the festival is also going to be in

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Celebration Square and a lot of my

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performances have been in Toronto you

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know because the Toronto has such a big

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dancing and I’m based in Mississauga so

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that means a lot of traveling for me

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that means a lot of traveling for my

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family and my friends and being able to

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do something that is in Mississauga is

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is really nice to be

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come a part of the Mississauga dance

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community and support Mississauga

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artists and you know help bring

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awareness to the dance community that we

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have here I think that is is so amazing

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to start creating the community here

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because we have it we just we need more

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awareness more people understanding that

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known dances here too I think being part

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of such a big and important Festival

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like I’ve heard I’ve been able to hear a

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lot from frog in hand because they have

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been a part of this for three years

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about you know the crowd that comes out

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and how long this Festival has been

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around for is really incredible and it’s

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it’s Global or it’s it’s impact on the

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community is quite amazing and so just

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getting to be a part of this culture and

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this the history behind this Festival is

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something I’m really excited and proud

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to be a part of the value of this

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Festival is is quite incredible because

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it has been around for for so long and

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because it draws such a diverse group of

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people in a in a space that is so

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Central Mississauga I mean Celebration

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Square right we’re always there we’re

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there for ice skating or we’re there for

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you know shows or fireworks for New

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Year’s Eve and now we’re going there for

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this big amazing Dance Festival where

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there’s going to be so many different

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acts and you’re going to see things you

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never expected to see and I think you’re

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going to be shocked by all the different

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acts and I think it’s going to be a

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party too like it’s just gonna be so

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much fun

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excuse me

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