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((PKG)) PASSING ON THE LOVE OF BALLET
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((Topic Banner: Gift of Dance))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera/Editor:??Adam Greenbaum))
((Map:??Aldie, Virginia; Fairfax, Virginia))
((Main character: 1 female))
((Sub characters: 2 female))
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((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
I started dancing ballet when I was around, maybe,
((Photo/Courtesy: Dr. Nicole Rivera))
seven years old, and I feel really passionate about it. It has
been a part of my life ever since.
((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
When you fall, when you do something wrong, you have to
keep going, you have to keep trying. I just want to stay
healthy. It helps me with flexibility. It helps me with balance
and being more grounded. Being balanced makes me a
better doctor, a better wife and mother.
((NATS: Dr. Rivera and patient))
Dr. Rivera: Hey, Manuel.
Patient: Hi. How are you?
Dr. Rivera: I’m doing well. How are you?
Patient: I’m doing good.
Dr. Rivera: Please come in.
Patient: Thank you.
((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
It's been almost eight years.
((NATS: Dr. Rivera and patient))
Dr. Rivera: So, you can take your mask off now.
Patient: Okay.
Dr. Rivera: And we’re just going to do a quick exam and
checkup today and a cleaning at the end, okay?
Patient: All right.
((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
I always knew I wanted to be a dentist since I was, maybe, I
guess, same time I started to dance ballet.
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((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
I love it because you have flexible hours. You get to help
people every day and you can see instant results.
The patient comes in with pain and you do a procedure and
you help them and they leave with a smile. And you get to do
that every day.
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((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
I was practicing ballet twice a week, but recently I had a
baby. So. now I'm doing it fewer times a week, maybe, once
a week. It helps me unwind at the end of the day. It helps me
express my creative and artistic side and I love it. It taught
me motivation, dedication. For sure, it helped me with
posture because, you know, in dentistry, you have to be,
your back needs to be straight.
((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
I wanted to pass my knowledge in ballet to someone that
wants to achieve the same benefits I did from my early ballet
classes.
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((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
I've been wanting to do this for a really long time. Now, that I
opened my practice, I found like this is a great time to do it.
My practice name is Aldie Dental Care. So, I named it the
Aldie Dental Care Scholarship.
Right now, we're only doing it with the Virginia Ballet and
School Academy.
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((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
The winner of the scholarship is Victoria Vangroll, and she
dances at that academy and she teaches there as well.
((Dina Fadeyeva, Virginia Ballet Company and School))
She's our advanced student. She's 16 years old.
((NATS: Dina Fadeyeva))
Dina Fadeyeva: Arms right. Working.
((Victoria Vangroll, Recipent, Aldie Dental Care
Scholarship))
Nicole has definitely helped me. She's told me a few times
that even if I don't pursue dance professionally, the rules I
learn in dance and ballet, like always keep dancing because
it’s good for your body.
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((Video/Courtesy: The Virginia Ballet Company and
School))
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((Victoria Vangroll, Recipient, Aldie Dental Care
Scholarship))
I like the precision of it and like working hard.
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((Victoria Vangroll, Recipient, Aldie Dental Care
Scholarship))
I would like to do ballet professionally and I do have a sort of
plan of how I'm going to do that.
((Video/Courtesy: The Virginia Ballet Company and
School))
((Victoria Vangroll, Recipient, Aldie Dental Care
Scholarship))
I would like to go to Boston and dance or anywhere that
would accept me. I don’t really have any preferences.
((NATS: Dr. Nicole Rivera))
Dr. Nicole Rivera: And I hope you continue to dance for a
really long time.
((Victoria Vangroll, Recipient, Aldie Dental Care
Scholarship))
Nicole definitely inspires me, you know, to help others. And
the fact that like she got this money together and gave this
scholarship out when money is tighter this year than it has
been in past years, and she was still willing to give when
those people wouldn't give.
((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care))
I just plan to continue doing it for years to come. Maybe, this
year, we started with one student. Later on, we'll probably do
two students and so on, so that more people can benefit
from it.
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