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nstructor earns American Ballet Theatre certification

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Diana Alcomendas enjoys teaching children in an American Ballet Theatre Level 1 class, accompanied by live piano music at the Virtuosity Performing Arts Studio, in Camas. Alcomendas, the dance director for Virtuosity, has earned certifications through the theatre's national training curriculum.

Diana Alcomendas remembers participating in a children’s TV show at the age of 5, in the Philippines. She and her sister Lea, 7, performed ballet along with other children.

Alcomendas, 29, still recalls seeing the “stage mothers,” who attempted to convince the youngsters to smile and perform in a particular way.

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