At 56, TikTok star Kim Hale returns to New York to chase Broadway dream

At 56, Kim Hale is reigniting her passion for dance, sharing her travel connected societal media and embracing nan motto, "Dreams person nary deadlines," arsenic she pursues a domiciled connected Broadway.

Hale, who has complete 13 cardinal likes connected TikTok, said she has ever loved nan shape and nan power that New York City brings,

"It conscionable feels for illustration a metropolis wherever you tin dream big," said Hale.

Hale's dream of performing connected Broadway began successful her early years, driven by her passion for expressing herself done movement. She pursued that ambition into her 20s and 30s, but yet near New York, uncovering nan changeless rejection difficult to handle. Reflecting connected that time, she acknowledges that she was much susceptible then. Relocating to California, Hale remained connected to dance, school and moving for renowned dancer and character Debbie Allen.

"The biggest gift I sewage was moving for Debbie Allen, and being capable to beryllium successful her world, which taught maine that you tin return nan skills of creation and use them to anything," said Hale.

Hale was astir dance, but she wasn't dancing, and it turns out, that is what her bosom still wanted.

"It took COVID. It took nan nonaccomplishment of some of my parents. It took tegument crab to get maine to measurement backmost into a creation studio," said Hale.

With encouragement from a friend, Hale enrolled successful a hip-hop people and "ended up loving it," saying that each people helped her reconnect pinch herself.

Hale began sharing her travel connected societal media, wherever her posts took off. Broadway choreographer Jerry Mitchell commented connected 1 of her videos, telling her, "Dreams person nary deadlines." It's a mantra she holds close. 

"I conscionable held onto that," she said.

In May, Hale sewage to execute successful a typical showing of "Chicago," though she doesn't spot it arsenic her charismatic Broadway debut. 

"I want to audition and book a show because I prepared for it. I was fresh erstwhile opportunity met preparation, and I sewage it," she said.

For Hale, her return to New York and pursuit of a Broadway domiciled is astir much than conscionable achieving a dream. 

"The extremity is to spot what I'm tin of," she said. "You person to do nan work. You person to beryllium ready. But I judge that if it's meant for me, it will happen. And if it's not, possibly there's thing bigger retired there."

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