{"id":204617,"date":"2019-06-21T11:24:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T16:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=204617"},"modified":"2019-06-17T21:39:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T02:39:30","slug":"expectant-mom-duet-audition-think-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/expectant-mom-duet-audition-think-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Expectant mom wows in ‘duet audition’ on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Korra Obidi is a Nigerian princess, born into a royal family from Oshimili North of Delta state, who left home to pursue her dreams of dancing. She attended the University of Lagos, where she went through dance training, and learned belly dancing in Dubai, Muscat, and Cairo. She eventually made her way to the United States, got married, and is pregnant with a baby girl. But that hasn’t slowed her down at all; she recently auditioned for the hit show “So You Think You Can Dance,” where she stunned the panel of judges<\/a> as she performed with her visibly pregnant belly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I can just create a shift in my people, that’s my life goal. Where I’m from, it’s not accepted to dream like that,\u201d she said in her audition. \u201cI want every young girl in Nigeria to see that you can do anything that you want to do if you put your mind to it, pregnant or not.\u201d During what she called her “duet audition” because of her daughter, Obidi set the stage on fire, the audience cheering as she leapt and performed splits.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are a world-changer, a systems-breaker,” judge Laurieann Gibson said. “There is so much purpose in your choices. I mean, I couldn’t even think of being pregnant and dancing!\u201d Lead judge Nigel Lythgoe added, \u201cYou are inspiring to women. Just because you’re having a baby doesn’t mean you should stop doing what you love. And that’s wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n