Since her arrival in September, Nina has been taking dance classes every evening at a dance studio called Centre James Carlès. Here, she tells us about her experience:
“My first reaction in the new school was to go to the dance studio, warm up, stretch – I left, I didn’t talk to anyone, I already knew what to do, I got right back into my old habits, without the stress of the professional dance world.” In the beginning, she barely notices her classes were in French because she was on auto-pilot thanks tot he “international language” of dance. She adds: “The arts, ballet, jazz dance, African dance all allow you to communicate internationally.” In spite of her habits and her initial independence, this non-verbal language allowed her to come acrodd people with lots of different backgrounds, with interests in common with her. Now she’s part of a community: “I often go to open studio, coffee and music events organized by the center. Dance has thus become for her a meeting place.