Dancing

Veronika Nalyvayko started dancing at age 4. Her mother signed her up. Nalyvayko found dancing hard at first, she thought her teacher was scary because of the strictness. The biggest things Veronika overcame was competition for solos. She said, “Everyone wanted to be number 1 and wanted solos. But I was motivated to work very hard and to get solos.”

Dancing has changed Veronika as a person because it has made her love her body more. She also has learned that emotions play a big role in dancing. Veronika says if you are sad your body can portray that through dancing, same thing with any other emotion.

One of Nalyvako’s biggest accomplishments in dance is being a backup dancer for one of Ukraine’s popular singers, Iryna Fedyshyn, with this accomplishment she got invited to go on tour with her. Veronika’s favorite thing about dancing is attending a 2 week dance camp up in the mountains called Soyuzivka. In those 2 weeks, she dances for 12 hours a day, 5 days a week. This helps her keep in touch with her dancing skills during the summer. 

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Photo Credit: Photo by Veronika Nalyvayko used with permission.

Veronika posing with her dance partner of 12 years.