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From pre-med to pirouettes: The dance life of Carlos Carvajal
At the Conservatory of Classical Ballet in San Leandro, nearly 20 young people line-up in rows, paying rapt attention to their teacher, Carlos Carvajal.
In ballet slippers and on pointe shoes, the dancers take off in groups of four, spinning and crossing the studio’s floor diagonally.
From a chair in the corner, Carvajal counts them through their steps and plays music from CDs for their exercises.
This is a combined level class just for the summer.
Pirouette ballet youtube biography
Pre-teens mix with experienced, college-bound dancers like Halley Lin-Jones, who’s headed to Smith College in Massachusetts in the fall. She tells Carvajal that she’s going to double major in dance and biochemistry. Carvajal's response: “Before I decided I was a ballet dancer, I was in pre-med and I loved the biology part, the life science particularly.”
Carvajal isn’t kidding about the pre-med classes.
His father steered him toward a career in medicine, even th