owner of Starlet Dance Studio# in Alb Despite facing a range of challenges,## she says she keeps the studio alive for the# gene Tonight, Wynette Smith shares her Brief# But Spectacular take on the art of dance.

WYNETTE SMITH, Owner, Starlet Dance Studio:# These are students that I have had over the## years.

These are my children.

I never had (LAUGHTER) WYNETTE SMITH: Five, six, seven, eight.

Wow, wow.

Old age is quite a trip, I will# tell you.

It's just my body's saying,## time to rest.

Right now, I teach tap.

I# teach the advanced ballet.

Now, ballet is## my favorite.

I start with the 3-year-olds.

And# my oldest student at this point in time is 82.

And a lot of them, when they were growing up,# they dreamed of doing dancing.

And now that## they're older and retired, they want to try# it.

And for my teachers that teach for me,## they started with me when they were# little kids and now they're teaching.## And they wouldn't have that if I didn't keep# this place going.

It's just part of my life.

It's just like this is part of my body.

To# me, dance is an art.

When you're dancing,## when you're doing jazz, you're just like, yeah!# It's from your heart.

And when it's in ballet,## it's like, I love you, audience.

I love you.

These shoes are all shoes# from students of mine who## have moved out of Albuquerque.

Katie danced here.

(LAUGHTER) because she took tap dancing when she was young.# So that's how I got started at the age of 6.

The dancing really helped.

It really brought# me out.

So, by the time I was in high school,## I was on the dance team.

It was fun dancing# in front of an audience.

I wasn't afraid at## all.

And from there, I just started teaching# here at Starlet.

That's when I was in college.

I have been the owner for about# 40 years.

In this North Valley,## this has been the only dance studio forever.# I just got all my joy out of the dance studio.

I want everybody to have a chance to# experience dance.

It's not just saying,## gee, look how high I can get my leg.

It's# your heart and your soul.

This studio,## I'm working on third and fourth generation of# students.

So it's like a family.

Everybody knows## everybody.

We're all helping each# other.

It's just very intertwined.

My hopes is that Starlet Dance Studio# will remain here and that my students## who have grown up and are now teaching# for me will have a venue and a place## to go.

And I hope they continue# the heart, the heart part of it.

My name is Wynette Smith, and this is my Brief But## Spectacular take on the art form# of dance.

It's from the heart.

GEOFF BENNETT: Such an inspiration.

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