20.12.2010                     13.Tevet, 5771

Kultur:

Canadian Jewish teen wins silver in dance competition

Sara Thompson won the silver medal out of 39 competitors from 15 counties for her lyrical piece entitled “Dear Diary,” about teenage bullying.

A 10th-grade student at Manitoba’s Gray Academy of Jewish Education came in second place at the International Dance Organization World Championship of Jazz and Modern Dance in Poland last week.

After dancing in the preliminary round, Thompson was hopeful that she’d make the top 20. In the final round, she was the only Canadian among top eight finalists, with the rest from the US, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, Germany and Italy….