Booker T. Washington H.S. student Sofia Torres is playing the lead role in 'Get On Your Feet', a musical based on the life and career of Cuban-American musician…
Booker T. Washington H.S. student Sofia Torres is playing the lead role in 'Get On Your Feet,' a musical based on the life and career of Cuban-American musician Gloria Estefan"My dance teachers are so excited; they're like, you're the first dancer in the school to ever do this," Torres said of getting the lead in a theater production."A lot of what I've been learning is that I can sing, that I CAN SING! I didn't know that.
"I feel very honored to be playing this role. She's a big part of who I am and how I was raised," Torres said."I'm Cuban. My great-grandma came here when she was eight months pregnant with my grandma. They came on one of the last freedom flights.""She has a beautiful quality of movement, and that's just really who Gloria is," Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Musical Theater Director Jeffery Miller said.
"Every time I read it, there's something else, and I'm like, 'Oh, this is my story too,'" Torres said of the musical script, noting it sounds like some of the stories her grandmother and great-grandmother shared."I have learned everything I can about Cuba from them and their stories. Like every day, there's a new story! I'm like, oh my gosh! When do the stories end? And I don't think they ever will because there's just so much rich culture.
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