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But it doesn't hardwood floors, it's allowed Alyssa and her stop with dancing, as Alyssa also receives little sister Avery to act on their imaginations ‘ vocal training and acting instruction at and become quite the accomplished arna- 3. school and has already started to do some teur dance choreographers. They can act out g; commercial work what they've seen on their favourite shows 5 So is she the next Justin Bieber. who also like So You Think You Can Dance Canada, ‘ has a K-W Bilingual School connection, and Dancing with the Stars and other fast-footed . - appeared on the school‘s last Food Bank favourites or create their own competitions if. 1 fundraiser Christmas CD? That investment in some family sanity f“ -. Alyssa said she likes his music but isn't also seems to have paid off for the local ll- 1‘ 3,4" sure of the Stratford natives dancing ability. year-old dancing sensation who recently m For her it still comes back to dancing. So returned from Paris. France. as the winner of is; she doesn't see herself as the next YouTlibe the European Dance Champion Competi- f ’ f _ (;~ sensation. tion. f: f”: “i love moving to the music and using At the same event held at Euro-Disney at if. I; " f g your body to interpret it," said Alyssa. “l the start of November the Grade 6 student at is” Q; . especially like jazz and hip hop. the K-W Bilingual School also won the Starz " ;;~"‘*‘;,.,‘ , n. f i . “Jazz is funky and hip hop is down and Talent Competition for her interpretation of 315mm 33} 3 F?” . includes a lot of rough movements" Mariah Carey's song Hero, which she first "“”‘,g ‘ my.» ‘ Her goals are more modest as she looks started singing when she was just three. "’ "33:5 :: ‘ as. to be a professional choreographer some- "lt's always stuck in my mind." said ' " , 3; day. She especially likes to direct her little Alyssa. “It's the first one I can ever remember ' -* ; ; sister â€" but what big sister doesn‘t? singing” _ fig; 7 A ,â€" And little sister Avery doesn‘t seem to And it was no less than the talent judges "'f;;g,5”'_ _ mind. from Disney who have discovered triple- 5 ‘(4 “It‘s a lot of fun." said the eight-year-old threat talents like Justin Timberlake, Britney next threat in the family. who finished sec~ Spears and more recently Miley Cyrus and ' ond her age group at the same European the lonas Brothers that said she is someone dance competition. worth watching _ “l’m working on my turns and how to All heady stuff for the energetic and emo- ' ‘ keep my balance more," said Alyssa. ‘l'm tive tiny dancer who was also named the learning to control my upper body on my Ultimate Threat at a recent Triple Threat £1 movements and that's something I'm work- competition in Toronto 0 g ”g ing on with my sister. It all started when she began dancing as a ' a “1 learn from her too." twoâ€"year-old, quickly showing a proclivity . . But it's Alyssa obvious talent that might much beyond her years She quickly gradu- gifl.‘ “‘ determine a difienent career path. ated to competitive dance and has been col- my She’s got a basement full of rock band lecting trophies, medallions and certificates gear which is obviously a big part of the fam- of her accomplishments ever since, those , ily entertainment. And of course the karaoke momentoes all spilling off three shelves in machine is in the other room her cavernous creative space. But until her big break comes along and “I found it was the one place where I can she perhaps follows in the footsteps of Cyrus really express what I can do," she said about and the other Disney stars she loves. 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