Lex Ishimoto - Billy, US Tour

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Here's the first episode of "Dance School Diaries" with Lex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCmhYyr ... e=youtu.be
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Here is Episode 4 of Dance School Diaries, devoted exclusively to Lex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ugvsu ... NFwMfrxNkI
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Lex leads off this video episode of Dance School Diaries, about the YAGP experience of four dancers:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ8iqna ... I&index=12
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Here is Lex's full contemporary performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwWi6I_Uh8

And he leads off this episode of the Semi-Finals classical competition with a familiar variation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFykZRjsO54
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Dance School Diaries, Episode 9 chronicles the four dancers' trip to NYC for YAGP finals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9OZ6_8vGk8

Dance School Diaries, Episode 9 Extra includes footage of Lex dancing hiphop on the street in NYC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbtOUmW ... ubs_digest

Lex is featured in the second half of Episode 10:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsXAUHd ... 3053709657

And here are a couple of videos of more hiphop from Lex on his youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbtOUmW ... ubs_digest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdAsuRGq8wo
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Lex is chosen to move on to the Senior Men's final round, starting at :59.

Starting at 4:49, Lex participates in the Scholarship Class before reps from major ballet schools and gets two offers, one from the JKO school of the ABT in New York.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npCnnXTm3rM
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Lex will perform 7 p.m. June 20 at the PPL Center in Allentown, PA at a fundraising event called Dance Craze:

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/enterta ... to_he.html

http://pplcenter.com/events/dance-craze
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Here is Lex, giving a brief performance of 'Presto' at a sold-out Walt Disney Concert Hall several weeks ago:

https://instagram.com/p/08bVaqiKMx/
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