Skater of the Month
Genny as a street urchin in Hawaii Opera Theatre's
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April 2002
Genevieve Dunn
Genny Dunn is 12 years old and in the Seventh Grade. She
started skating four years ago and has passed her
Pre-Preliminary tests. In addition to Ice Palace, she has
skated at San Jose Ice Center, Eastridge Rink, and Vallco Rink,
CA; Roseville Municipal Rink, MN, Schwan Super Rink, Blaine, MN;
as well as rinks in Sarasota, FL. Over the winter break she got
to skate at Rockefeller Center in New York City and at rinks in
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Genny's favorite spin is the attitude spin and her favorite jump
is the waltz jump because it is so much like a jump in ballet. Her
response to favorite things about skating: "You can be free with the
music and the ice. You aren't limited by friction."
Skating goals include: To do an axel, to do a forward scratch spin
without turning out - "I tend to turn out because of ballet", and
to do an outside spread eagle. Genny has goals outside of skating,
too: To get people to see things differently, to paint a famous
painting, to be a zoo educator at the Honolulu Zoo and teach others
to love and understand animals.
Hobbies: Skating, painting, ballet four days a week with Ballet
Hawaii, singing with Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus and more painting.
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