((PKG)) PASSING ON THE LOVE OF BALLET ((TRT: 04:12)) ((Topic Banner: Gift of Dance)) ((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry)) ((Camera/Editor:??Adam Greenbaum)) ((Map:??Aldie, Virginia; Fairfax, Virginia)) ((Main character: 1 female)) ((Sub characters: 2 female)) ((NATS)) ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) I started dancing ballet when I was around, maybe, ((Photo/Courtesy: Dr. Nicole Rivera)) seven years old, and I feel really passionate about it. It has been a part of my life ever since. ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) When you fall, when you do something wrong, you have to keep going, you have to keep trying. I just want to stay healthy. It helps me with flexibility. It helps me with balance and being more grounded. Being balanced makes me a better doctor, a better wife and mother. ((NATS: Dr. Rivera and patient)) Dr. Rivera: Hey, Manuel. Patient: Hi. How are you? Dr. Rivera: I’m doing well. How are you? Patient: I’m doing good. Dr. Rivera: Please come in. Patient: Thank you. ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) It's been almost eight years. ((NATS: Dr. Rivera and patient)) Dr. Rivera: So, you can take your mask off now. Patient: Okay. Dr. Rivera: And we’re just going to do a quick exam and checkup today and a cleaning at the end, okay? Patient: All right. ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) I always knew I wanted to be a dentist since I was, maybe, I guess, same time I started to dance ballet. ((NATS)) ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) I love it because you have flexible hours. You get to help people every day and you can see instant results. The patient comes in with pain and you do a procedure and you help them and they leave with a smile. And you get to do that every day. ((NATS)) ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) I was practicing ballet twice a week, but recently I had a baby. So. now I'm doing it fewer times a week, maybe, once a week. It helps me unwind at the end of the day. It helps me express my creative and artistic side and I love it. It taught me motivation, dedication. For sure, it helped me with posture because, you know, in dentistry, you have to be, your back needs to be straight. ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) I wanted to pass my knowledge in ballet to someone that wants to achieve the same benefits I did from my early ballet classes. ((NATS)) ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) I've been wanting to do this for a really long time. Now, that I opened my practice, I found like this is a great time to do it. My practice name is Aldie Dental Care. So, I named it the Aldie Dental Care Scholarship. Right now, we're only doing it with the Virginia Ballet and School Academy. ((NATS)) ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) The winner of the scholarship is Victoria Vangroll, and she dances at that academy and she teaches there as well. ((Dina Fadeyeva, Virginia Ballet Company and School)) She's our advanced student. She's 16 years old. ((NATS: Dina Fadeyeva)) Dina Fadeyeva: Arms right. Working. ((Victoria Vangroll, Recipent, Aldie Dental Care Scholarship)) Nicole has definitely helped me. She's told me a few times that even if I don't pursue dance professionally, the rules I learn in dance and ballet, like always keep dancing because it’s good for your body. ((NATS)) ((Video/Courtesy: The Virginia Ballet Company and School)) ((NATS)) ((Victoria Vangroll, Recipient, Aldie Dental Care Scholarship)) I like the precision of it and like working hard. ((NATS)) ((Victoria Vangroll, Recipient, Aldie Dental Care Scholarship)) I would like to do ballet professionally and I do have a sort of plan of how I'm going to do that. ((Video/Courtesy: The Virginia Ballet Company and School)) ((Victoria Vangroll, Recipient, Aldie Dental Care Scholarship)) I would like to go to Boston and dance or anywhere that would accept me. I don’t really have any preferences. ((NATS: Dr. Nicole Rivera)) Dr. Nicole Rivera: And I hope you continue to dance for a really long time. ((Victoria Vangroll, Recipient, Aldie Dental Care Scholarship)) Nicole definitely inspires me, you know, to help others. And the fact that like she got this money together and gave this scholarship out when money is tighter this year than it has been in past years, and she was still willing to give when those people wouldn't give. ((Dr. Nicole Rivera, Dentist, Owner, Aldie Dental Care)) I just plan to continue doing it for years to come. Maybe, this year, we started with one student. Later on, we'll probably do two students and so on, so that more people can benefit from it. ((NATS))