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Dance Teacher Interview
For my StoryCorps project, I chose to interview one of my dance teachers, Cheryl Ann White, because I knew that there had to be a story behind why she decided to teach dance. Also, I have known her for a very long time but never really knew anything about her life. I had always thought she went to college, but in our interview I learned that she did not. Cheryl told me, “I did not go to college...I wanted to take business classes so that I would learn to do the bookkeeping...that I would need in my job.” I was also very curious to know what happens after her students leave the studio. I conducted my interview at her studio in Warwick, Rhode Island. Cheryl sat behind her desk and I sat in a chair on the opposite side of the desk, facing her. No one else was there at the time, so it felt like a very private and safe place.
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