Eleven-year-old Skylar Dodson is passionate about dancing and is developing her natural talent through the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education’s community engagement program.

The program introduces children from diverse backgrounds to the world of dance.

Skylar came through the community engagement programs at Utopian Academy for the Arts in Clayton County and transitioned to the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education on scholarship last year.

She just started sixth grade and is new to the Centre’s Academy 1, an auditioned group.

“Skylar has been dancing pretty much her entire life,” said her mother, Jasmine Dodson. “She loves to dance. Even when she’s not at practice, she’s dancing, flipping, doing it all.”

More than 1,200 students are involved in community engagement progra

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