Paulina Waski, 15, learned this first hand when she enrolled last year in the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School, a national training program for young dancers at the American Ballet Theater in New York. Not only is Paulina committed to learning all of the skills and dance techniques necessary for a career in dance but she is also willing to sacrifice activities typically associated with teenage life in the suburbs.

For example, Paulina doesn’t attend high school with her local friends. Instead, she participates in a virtual school and takes courses online so that she is able to commute back and forth to classes six days a week at the prestigious New York City ballet company.

“She is technically gifted for her age, and has outstanding potential,” said Franco De Vita, principal of the JKO School. “Paulina has a positive attitude at all times with the staff and other students alike. She has a lovely, easy quality of movement, a joy for dancing, and is a natural performer.”

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