Yasmeen Marafie
Student Ballerina
CITIZEN
Kuwait
Education
Grade 9
Al Bayan Bilingual School
Languages
English , Arabic, Russian
IN SHORT
Yasmeen Marafie’s first steps in dancing were the result of her mother’s search for a fun outlet for her very energetic and active daughter. “I started doing classical ballet when I was four. Classes for little kids are just playing around and having fun. I loved it! It wasn’t until I was about ten that I realised I wanted to actually dance!” says student ballerina Yasmeen. At 11, she signed up for her first competition. “I wanted to see what I could do, to test myself,” she says of travelling to Paris to compete against young dancers from full-time professional dance schools.
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