# @dancespiritmagazine on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJpQ1KTv8bH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30599692-dancespiritmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-14T18:53:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dance Spirit Magazine (@dancespiritmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/dancespiritmagazine

## Caption

At 16, Eileen Kim (e.e.kim) faced a life-changing decision: Stay home to finish high school in Chicago or move to Washington D.C. to pursue her dream of becoming a professional dancer. After spending the summer at the kirovacademydc, she was accepted into the year-round program and begged her parents to let her go. Though she had only been training in ballet for two years, she took a leap of faith and went. Several leaps later, she is now a professional dancer, balancing her career with an ever-growing list of creative pursuits.

Head to the link in our bio to read about her dance training, excitement for teaching, and dreams for the future.

📝: ashtonbenn02 
📸: Photo by Rachel Neville, courtesy Kim.
📸: (Background) Photo by Scott Serio, courtesy BalletX.

#EileenKim #BalletX #Ballet #DanceTeacher #DanceEducation

Image descriptions
(1) Eileen Kim being lifted onstage by BalletX dancers. Eileen Kim poses in pointe shoes with legs crossed against a gray background. Her left hand rests on her head, and her right hand is on her shoulder. Text reads: Eileen Kim Is Living bn Leaps of Faith
(2) Text reads: “Sometimes, you have these really beautiful moments of clarity where you think, I don’t know what I’m doing, but I know I’m meant to be here right now.”
—Eileen Kim on the college decision process
(3) Text reads: Head to the link in our bio for the full article!

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balletx, danceteacher, eileenkim, danceeducation, ballet

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