Our Dancer of the Month for June is Taylor Korte. She is 14 years old and describes herself as fun loving and cheerful. Taylor said that she loves to dance, watch movies, swim, and hang out with her friends. Other than dancing, Taylor plays basketball and track. She gets almost all A’s and says that school is very important to her. She also mentioned that the beach was her favorite place.
Taylor said that she started gymnastics when she was 3 years old but always wanted to become a ballerina. She has been dedicated to dance since she was 7 years old, she got her first pair of pointe shoes when she was 11 years old. During her first year, she only took one class, but this changed when her mom took her to watch Nutcracker and began her audition for company and competition team. In 2017, she took 11 classes and a competition team. On top of that, she also did a show in Chicago.
Her happiest moments relating to dancing was being with her amazing friends, winning a scholarship at the Radix convention this year, and winning two golden tickets to the World Dance Championship this year which she expressed that she is excited about.
Taylor said that she had an awesome experience with BDancewear. She said that their order arrived fast and her mom built her costume from there. Taylor’s mom used BDancewear’s videos to help make her skirt. Their SO actually suggested buying the convertible top from BDancewear because there were a lot of possibilities with it. She said that she loved how her costume turned out.
This year, her goal is to keep working hard and keep improving. She wants to focus on doing her best by practicing more on her own and keep pushing herself, all with no injuries. She said that one day, she would want to be chosen for the Elite Dancers at a big convention and to go to Hawaii and New York City.
Taylor hopes to inspire others, be a good role model, and stay disciplined. She said that this might one day pay for her college. She hopes to become a marine biologist and use that to help make earth a better place.
