DANCING WITH A MASTER; A LESSON FROM THE BEST; RENOWNED DANCER GIVES SPECIAL CLASS.(Local)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: June 5, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Frank Herron Staff writer

Brittany Testone came dressed for dancing.

On Sunday morning, that meant a leotard and slippers.

The 15-year-old also had something else that's often needed at a master class with dance legend Jacques d'Amboise: thick skin.

D'Amboise seemed to single her out more than any of the other 28 teenage dancers during a 75-minute free master class he conducted Sunday morning for students from dance schools throughout Central New York.

Periodically during the class, held in a dance room at the Syracuse Stage complex, he asked Testone ...

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