High Strung Monologue
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Not so long ago, I was privileged to watch a fantastic film directed by Michael Damian called High Strung. As I was enthralled with immensely diverse music and dance, one of the characters stood out rather prominently to me--April. She was the villain, but there was no denying her astounding abilities as a dancer. Upon further investigation, I discovered that she was played by the vivacous and talented Anabel Kutay. Recently, I had the opportunity to find out a bit more about this lovely young lady and her extraordinary journey that culminated with her being featured in one of the foremost music and dance films of all time.
Please tell us about your journey to become a dancer? What inspired you? What kind of training have you had?
When I was seven, my dance teacher, Joy Nicholson, noticed that I had natural physicality suited to ballet and seemed to be deeply passionate about …show more content…
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How did you get into character for your role? Since she's a villian, was it a challenge to play that role?
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I felt that once we began filming I couldn't hang with Keenan [Kampa] and Sonoya [Mizuno] as much as I would have liked because it would have been hard to cover up our friendship on screen. I loved playing APRIL so much - I kind of felt sorry for her! I had to try and really understand where she was coming from and why she behaves as she does. It DID make sense to me ... Nobody likes a new girl arriving at school and taking the limelight! Every teenage girl can relate to that--I think especially if there is a cute boy involved! Any idea whether you'll be in the sequel to High Strung?
I don't know - it will be very much dependent on what my schedule is and if the characters are new or not! Either way, I will be so excited to see it!!
Any other upcoming works you can
Not so long ago, I was privileged to watch a fantastic film directed by Michael Damian called High Strung. As I was enthralled with immensely diverse music and dance, one of the characters stood out rather prominently to me--April. She was the villain, but there was no denying her astounding abilities as a dancer. Upon further investigation, I discovered that she was played by the vivacous and talented Anabel Kutay. Recently, I had the opportunity to find out a bit more about this lovely young lady and her extraordinary journey that culminated with her being featured in one of the foremost music and dance films of all time.
Please tell us about your journey to become a dancer? What inspired you? What kind of training have you had?
When I was seven, my dance teacher, Joy Nicholson, noticed that I had natural physicality suited to ballet and seemed to be deeply passionate about …show more content…
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How did you get into character for your role? Since she's a villian, was it a challenge to play that role?
]
I felt that once we began filming I couldn't hang with Keenan [Kampa] and Sonoya [Mizuno] as much as I would have liked because it would have been hard to cover up our friendship on screen. I loved playing APRIL so much - I kind of felt sorry for her! I had to try and really understand where she was coming from and why she behaves as she does. It DID make sense to me ... Nobody likes a new girl arriving at school and taking the limelight! Every teenage girl can relate to that--I think especially if there is a cute boy involved! Any idea whether you'll be in the sequel to High Strung?
I don't know - it will be very much dependent on what my schedule is and if the characters are new or not! Either way, I will be so excited to see it!!
Any other upcoming works you can