Dancer Thrives After Decision To Attend USC

LONG TO A 104-YEAR-OLD RECORD.
RICK: WOW, ALL RIGHT GARTH.
USC BROKE GROUND IN 2014 TO
BUILD GLORIA KAUFMAN SCHOOL OF
DANCE.
PAT: THEY WERAL IN PROCESS OF
AUDITIONS DANCERS FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD FOR ITS FIRST
INAUGURAL CLASS, ANDREA FUJII,
INTRODUCING TO US A YOUNG
DANCER.
REPORTER: PAULA FERNANDEZ
STUDIED WITH BEST, BUT WHEN IT
CAME TIME TO CHOOSE
UNIVERSITIES, HE HAD TO ASK,
EAST COAST OR WEST COAST,
TONIGHT YOU SEE WHERE HE AND
OTHER DANCERS ARE DRIVING.
I WAS ALWAYS MOVING, I FOUND
SOMETHING THAT I COULD SMILE.
AND BE ON STAGE, AND HAVE PEOPLE
LOOK AT ME, AND BE LIKE THE
PERSON THAT I AM.
REPORTER: WITH PAUL -- PALO FROM
EAGLE ROCK HE SCONED HIS SKILLS,
WHEN IT CAME TO APPLY FOR
COLLEGE, HE AIMED HIGH.
I WANTED TOP TWO.
REPORTER: USC GLORIA KAUFFMAN
SCHOOL OF DANCE HAD AN APPEAL.
THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM.
BUT THIS PROGRAM ALSO HAS AN
AMAZING FACULTY.
WITH JODY GATES, WILLIAM
FORSYTHE.
NAMES I HEAR EVERY DAY IN THE
WORLD OF DANCE.
JODY GATES, A FORMER
BALLERINA IS VICE DEAN.
SHE DEVELOPED CURRICULUM FROM
SCRATCH FOR THE CLASS, AND
AUDITIONS EVERY DANCER IN THE
PROGRAM.
PAULO'S O AUDITION WAS EXTRA
ORDINARY.
HE WANTED TO CONTINUE
EXCELLING IN DANCE BUT STILL
DRIVEN ACADEMICALLY, AND USC
COULD OFFER THAT.
STUDENTS THAT COME TO THE
PROGRAM, YES TO DEVELOP THEIR
DANCING SKILLS, AND THEORY AND
PRACTICE OF DANCE, ARE REQUIRED
TO TAKE SAME ACADEMICS AS EVERY
OTHER STUDENT IN CAMPUS.
PAULO IS A JUNIOR, STUDYING
FOR A MASTERS IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION, AND DANCING HIS
WAY TO A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IF
FINE ARTS, THEY OPENED DOORS TO
INAUGURAL CLASS IN 2015.
THE ARCHITECTURE IS DESIGNED
WITH THE DANCERS IN MIND, WITH
TALL WINDOWS THAT ALLOW LIGHT,
AND CURVES AND MOVEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE LOBBY, WHAT MAKES
THIS GROUP OF 33 DANCER SO
SPECIAL IS THAT THEY WERE FIRST
TO EXPERIENCE IT ALL.
I AM GOING TO BE ON WALL OF
FIRST FOREVER HERE.
A HUM BILLING EXPERIENCE --
HUMBLING EXPERIENCE, GIVING ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE LEADER
ABOUT WE PIONEERS AND CREATE THE
PROGRAM.
REPORTER: WHEN HE GRADUATES HE
HOPES TO HAVE A LONG CAREER
DANCING WITH BALLET COMPANIES IN
THE WORLD.
PAT AND RICK.
PAT: MAN SHOOTS HIGH.
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Dancer Thrives After Decision To Attend USC

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