Highland dancer eyes comeback after virus shatters Big Apple dreams
Pandemic hits as local dancerhopes to make it in dream city
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
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HIGHLAND While he does not work as a first responder, a health care worker or any other frontline employee during the pandemic, the coronavirus impacted him heavily, nonetheless.
Nick Zobrist had made his life-long dream come true, moving to New York City to pursue a career in dance. He lived there for two years until March when, like everything else, the pandemic shattered his dreams.
Zobrist graduated from Highland High School in 2011 and attended SIUE from 2011 to December 2015. He spent the next two years living and working in St. Louis. He worked in a restaurant and as a dance trainee for the Big Muddy Dance Company.
Nutcracker lives on at Turning Pointe Academy of Dance
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
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Millicent Collins, 18, of Collinsville during class at the Turning Point Academy of Dance in Maryville Thursday. She and her classmates will be performing in a virtual performance of the Nutcracker called “Clara’s Dream, Nutcrackers Past and Present.”Thomas J. Turney | The IntelligencerShow MoreShow Less
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Meaghan Pamatot, 15, of Granite City, front, during dance class at the Turning Point Academy of Dance in Maryville Thursday. She and her classmates will be performing in a virtual performance of the Nutcracker called “Clara’s Dream, Nutcrackers Past and Present.”Thomas J. Turney | The IntelligencerShow MoreShow Less