Name: Julianna Sigalet
Age: 23
Profession: Dance teacher/Environmental Studies Student
at The University of British Columbia
Nationality: Canadian
Instagram: siggiesmallz
PERSONALITY
- Your most valued possession?
I love cedar trees and I have a necklace that is silver encrusted cedar branch on a long silver chain. It was a gift from someone I love very much and it is the most thoughtful gift I’ve been given because I feel like a piece of the forest with me wherever I go.
- Where can we find you hanging out most?
I have three that are tied! In the dance studio, in the mountains or on the beach.
- One thing you cannot live without?
My passport!
- The person who inspires you the most?
It has to be my parents! They are my constant support system. I can come to them with anything and they will console and advise me. They have been there for me no matter the circumstance and I would not be the person I am without them.
- Five things you need for survival:
IPhone, Google maps, leggings (essential for dance!), Converse, mountain views!
- Describe a typical day in your life.
I wake up and make breakfast and ideally do some yoga. Then I go to the dance studio and work on my dance technique. I then teach dance classes until the evening when I hop on my bike and head to the beach. There I go for a swim and watch the sunset before riding home and making dinner, which I would eat while watching (usually!) a Disney movie with my lovely British room mate.
- Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Working with an environmental education programme to take children on outdoor backpacking excursions and incorporating dance as an activity outdoors.
- What is your idea of peace?
Camping in the mountains, deep in the forest, cooking dinner on a camping stove with the sun setting as the campfire crackles and I can dance to music from music playing on my IPhone.
- What item do you keep buying even though you have plenty?
Dark chocolate!
- What is something that today has taught you that you can improve on tomorrow?
Self motivation is extremely important, it isn’t up to anyone to push you to achieve your maximum potential, you need to be responsible for yourself.
- Have you found your purpose yet?
My purpose is to venture the four corners of the world and fill my life with experiences, socially and environmentally, instead of material objects.
- What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
I travelled and lived in a van all the way up the East Coast of Australia for one month. I had planned this when I moved to Australia but a month before I set off my now boyfriend bought a plane ticket from Canada and joined me. We’ve been in love ever since.
- What is your earliest memory?
I was around five years old and it was parent watch day at my ballet school. I was very persistent that my body suit looked better backwards, and bless my parents, they let me wear it that way. Now there is a photo of me my dad took that day with my bodysuit on backwards and my blonde mushroom cut running with my arms up looking like the happiest kid in the world.
- If you wanted to look absolutely great, how would you dress?
Well first I’m in love with really long hair, so I’d snap my fingers and have hair to my waist! Then I’d go with my favourite, a floral dress and boots.
- If you could wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else currently living, who would it be?
It would have to be Beyonce – the woman is incredible and lives the equivalent of three lives in one day, not to mention all that dancing she does in heels for her whole show!
- What’s your current Last SONG syndrome (LSS)?
Bacon by Nick Jonas and Ty Dolla Sign! So dang catchy and fun to dance too!
- If you had to be trapped in a TV show for a month, which show would you choose?
Ahh guiltily I would say Gossip Girl, It’s embarrassing but I’m addicted!
- If today is the last day- where would you rush to go?
I’d hop on the first plane home to be with my closest friends and family, hike up a mountain overlooking Vancouver and watch the final sunset.
Photos by Nikith Nath | Instagram: @nsquaredstudios
