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Rudy Legros

Urban dance league has played a very significant part of my life this last year and a half. As a fairly new dancer in the commercial world, I have been embarking on a journey of constant training and auditioning to fulfill a goal of performing on grand stages with various artists and on different television shows and events. In 2012, I decided to partake in my first urban dance league class.

I really had no idea what it really was or how impactful it would become to me and many others dancers in New York City. To my surprise, it wasnt like any other dance class I have taken before. It was fresh and most importantly, it was competitive. I love dancing for the fun of learning. I love being able to use dance as a way of escaping regular life even for an hour and a half, even learning different styles. But I also know that being able to make dance a career requires being the best amongst my peers.

This is why I appreciate what urban dance league stands for. Each class requires you to step outside of what your used to and challenges you to step up to a new level and see what your really made of. The instructors are required to choose the best in the class that displays cleanliness, stamina, skill, style and also the ability to follow directions the best. And to add more to it, we have to learn a certain amount of choreography in a shorter amount of time, regardless of your skill level. This style of class is similar to that of a regular audition that many dancers may partake in but few excel to the level of booking a job. Urban dance league takes the experience of trained professionals and gives them a platform to teach the new generation of dancers what exactly is needed to succeed in the dance world as a consistent working dancer.

I personally I have grown tremendously with UDL. My confidence as a dancer and a person has grown a lot both in and outside of class. I am more interested and learning new styles but also bettering my talents already. As a dancer, we aren’t as respected and appreciated as the artist are or even companies that hire us. I believe with UDL it will be a stepping stone to give us the platform we need step into that spotlight of not just individuals that prance around a stage but to be respected as athletes that put in just as much work as sport players.

I truly believe urban dance league is a necessary part in my personal development as not just an artist/dancer but as a person. Nothing in life is handed to us with work. Urban dance league has given me the confidence I need to go after whatever I want and give my best to get it.