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View a video clip  of Norbert de la Cruz III
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everybody dance! student
Norbert de la Cruz III, 17, won
first place in the non–classical
dance category at the 18th
annual Music Center Spotlight
Awards held at the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion on April 29,
2006.
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“The whole experience was the best day of my entire
life,” Norbert said when asked about what it felt like to
win the award. “It was the best day in my life as an
artist and performer and it initiated a new beginning to
my career. From the moment I took my bow, I knew that
dancing is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.”
When Norbert came to everybody dance! without
any
prior formal dance training, it was immediately clear to
our dance instructors that Norbert had a gift. Two years
after joining the program, he was accepted to Los
Angeles County High School for the Arts, from which he
graduated in June. He spent two summers on scholarship
at ABT in New York City. In addition to the Spotlight
Award honor, this spring he also won first place ($20k
award) in the Emerging Young Artists competition in the
dance category. This summer he attended the San
Francisco Ballet school, and this fall has begun his
studies as a freshman at the Juilliard School. Both
schools granted him scholarships to attend.
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