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After Owen called ahead, Eliana dropped in at Studio Euphoria during the weekend.
The staff at the dance studio arranged an orientation for Eliana. They first showed her around the place before bringing her to meet her designated
instructor.
“Ms. Davis, the Street Jazz Instructor you will be learning from is Ms. Leicester. I’ll bring you to meet her now.”
Eliana modded and said politely, “Sure, thank you.”
Eliana’s designated instructor was a lady called Quinella Leicester. Strictly speaking, Quinella had stopped teaching a long time ago. Technically, she wasn’t even an instructor but one of the business partners running this academy.
Quinclla was famed for contemporary dance, in particular the physically demanding Street Jazz. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Quinella was one of the best Street Jazz dancers in the country. She was the perfect candidate to coach Eliana.
In the past, many aspiring learners wanted to sign up to be Quinella’s protégés for one–on–one coaching, but Quinella did not take in any of them. She once said that she would only take in three protégés in her life. Currently, she already had two protégés receiving her one–on–one coaching
The final protege would only be accepted after the candidate passed very stringent selection criteria.
Quinella had only agreed to give Eliana some pointers about dancing. Whether this girl could qualify to become her protégé remained to be seen. After all, she had to test the girl’s aptitude.
After a while. Eliana arrived at the stipulated dance studio under the staff’s lead. “Ms. Leicester, Ms. Davis is here.”
When the staff opened the door and ushered Eliana in, three figures could be seen practicing in front of the full–height studio mirror. The one in the middle was Quinella. She cut a refined, elegant, and flamboyant gure despite dressing in an austere black leotard
Beside her were two short–haired girls in white dance leotards.
“Good day, Ms. Leicester!” Eliana called out politely……
When all three figures turned around, Eliana realized with a start that the two short–haired girls beside Quinella were the Yardley sisters, Laroya
and Ramona
When Latoya and Ramona saw Eliana, their eyes almost popped out. They both exclaimed in unison, “Eliana Davis?”
Eliana was still shocked. “It’s you two!”
When Quinella saw their reactions, she asked in her gentle and mellow voice, “Latoya, Ramona, the two of you know her?”
Latoya replied. “Yes, Ms. Leicester. When we attended the league tournament previously, she represented the Isonstead University’s Tennis Club”
Ramonu asked skeptically, “Eliana, are you here to learn Street Jazz!”
Eliana recovered from her surprise quickly. “Yes, I am, I didn’t know you were Ms. Leicester’s proteges.
Ramona replied somewhat proudly, “That’s right”
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Quinella said. “Alright. Since you’re already here, don’t waste time. Eliana, if you want to learn Street Jazz, I can give you some pointers, b whether you can qualify to be my protégé is another matter.”
“Tunderstand” Eliana nodded.
“Now, show me some of your moves” Quinella gestured for Latoya to restart the music. Then the three moved aside and gave Eliana the floor.
Eliana did not hold back either. After the music started, die cexecuted hier dance moves with confidence.
The Yardley twins were genuinely surprised by Elana’s visit. Before she showed up, Latoya and Ramona only knew that the Coming wasa girl from the Davis family.
who was
The Davis family was a force to be reckoned with: Generations of business magnates in Dratora City hailed from this family. Furthermore, the Jamily in Iuratora City was the direct lineage and not a branch family.
This news caused quite a commotion in
Dr Davis family recovered the daughter who had been taken away by mistake at birth. Thi inty of Dratura Cety, and all kinals of numarapurad.
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The most widely spread rumor was that this daughter was so ugly and vulgar that she family did not hold a homecoming party for her and did not bring her out to attend pub
Latoya and Ramona had also believed such rumors before they met Eliana
presented in public. That w
was why the Davis
Before Eliana arrived, the twins were looking forward to meeting this “vulgar daughter of the Davis family. They even thought that it was wishful thinking on that daughter’s pan for wanting to receive one–on–one coaching from Quinella.
irl Eliana was that recovered daughter of the Davis
However, now that all the pieces were in place, the twins were astounded to find out that this girl. family.
In what way was this girl “vulgar?” The person who spread the rumors must be brainless.
Eliana broke out a few nifty technically challenging moves as the music neared its denouement. When the song ended, both Latoya and Ramona stood mesmerized. After a while, applause broke out,
“You are pretty good” The twins gushed excitedly.
Quinella was also very pleased with Eliana’s performance. As a professional dancer, she could see the shortcomings in Eliana’s routine. However, she was impressed with the elegance, the confidence, and the pizzazz Eliana injected into her dance. This was the most important consideration.
Thus, she expressed her approval too. “Not bad indeed. If this raw gem in front of her was polished well, it would definitely shine radiantly. There was no doubt that Quinella was very pleased with Eliana’s ability.
“Alright, if you want to learn the Street Jazz dance, I will help you.”
statement
“Thank you for agreeing to be my coach, Ms. Leicester, Oddly enough. Quinella did not raise any objections to Eliana’s sta
Latoya and Ramona looked at each other. They knew that Quinella detested presumptuous youngsters who assured they were automatically Quinella’s protéges just because she gave them a few pointers.
Since Quinella did not voice any objection to Eliana’s assumption, did this mean that Eliana had a high chance of becoming Quinella’s finall
prolegr
After practicing in the dance studio for a long time, Eliana’s grasp of the Street Jazz dance style had improved significantly under Quinella’s coaching
Eliana only left the dance studio when it was almost dark. Latoya and Ramona also bid farewell to Quinella and left the dance studio.
“Hey! Eliana! Wait up” While carrying a backpack, Ramona trotted up to Eliana. “I didn’t know you were the lost daughter of the Davis family that people were talking about a few months ago. Gosh, what a surprise!”
Elana dad not slow down. “What’s wrong? Is it that surprising?
Latoya said. “Tin just surprised that you look nothing like what the rumors described,”
What did the rumors say about my appearance?”
Ramona laughed and said, “Rumor has it that you were very ugly and vulgar, wild and uncultured. Because your parents weren’t willing to hold a homecoming party for you, everyone claimed that the reason was you were ugly”
na wasulent for a second. The trulli was, she did not want Sebastian Davis and his wife Lucy to hold a homecoming party because she had just returned from Avragus and had not fully recovered from the injuries caused by the traffic accident. Besides, she did not care about these things, so star dat noui mind guing without such celebrations.
umors had spread like wildfire over a seemingly minor thing! “Now that you know, please help me debunk these rumors the rat tune you hear people spreading them, Eliana said wryly.
Ranua declared, “No problem
Latoya then said cautiously, “Elana, Ms. Leicester seems to like you very much. Maybe you can become her final protege. In the future, we will have many chances to learn together”
Eliaria deiti
Of course, it’s good to ge
get Ms. Leicester’s approval. However, I don’t know whether I will get to be her final protégé. She hasn’t
Camiona iloked her chan with a thoughtful expression “Based on my understanding of M. Leicester, there’s a high chance that she’ll accept you.
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“Forget it. Let’s not talk about this for now, Eliana, why do you want to learn Street Jazz?”
Eliana replied indifferently, I have to perform on stage for the university’s Fall Festival”
Isonstead University’s Fall Festival was quite famous. Many students from the other universities would also join in the fun and catch some of the performances.
Therefore, Latoya and Ransona knew about the dismal performance, or rather the lack of performance, of the tennis club every year.
Ramona roared with laughter. “Did y
your club send you
you on stage this year to embarrass yourself? Hahahaha….”
Latoya was much more circumspect than Ramona. She cleared her throat twice and interjected, “Under Ms. Leicester’s coaching, it’s impossible for anyone to go on stage and embarrass herself. She will no doubt win some award or something.”
At this juncture, Ramona sheepishly collected herself. “Oh, that’s true. Then your club is truly lucky to have you this year! Latoya and I will go and watch you perform. We’ll cheer for you and I’ll hold up a banner for you!”
