Have you heard about SIOBHAN ORION? I hear they’re from RALEIGH but have lived in Saltlight Point for 6 Months. From what I’ve seen, they’re a bit NAIVE, ALTRUISTIC, and SWEET, and I think they work as a dance instructor at GRACIOSA. They seem to be THE OPTIMIST, & they’re inspired by BETTE WHITLAW.
Siobhan Caoinhe Orion was born on February 14th, 1998. She entered the world like a breath of fresh air, determined to remain that way. Her parents, Malachi Orion and Caoimhe McGee, were gentle souls, who expected her to behave in the same manner. Both of her parents were successful business people in the city, and after a few short months of domestic bliss in the big city, they moved out to Wake Forest, NC. They began working from home to take care of her all before her second birthday. When Siobhan was just a tot, she was enrolled in the Carolina ballet’s primary aged classes. She began dancing when she was two, dance became the only language she knew how to speak. Just like her older sister before her, Siobhan was destined to be a dancer.
Altruistic at heart, and incredibly soft spoken, Siobhan was nothing if not a favorite in her classes. She worked incredibly hard, and something that started as an after school activity evolved. Siobhan was enrolled in the pre-professional training regime at 14, and began a 25 hour per week training routine. She was also enrolled in an accelerated schooling environment, so she learned to cope with pressure. There wasn’t a time where you could find her without the satin ribbons of her pointe shoes poking out of her bag, or needle in hand trying to sew on an elastic while getting something else done. This was something she was serious about. But that didn’t stop the feeling of living in her older sister’s shadow. She knew that Graine had better extensions, better lines, her reputation proceeded Siobhan. The two fierce redheads headed up the group of “naturals” in the Carolina pre-professional program, but Siobhan would never measure up to her sister. It always lingered in the back of her mind.
But it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Siobhan at that time. Ballet was a cut-throat blood sport, and if you weren’t willing to sacrifice, you’d never succeed. In her mind, that looked like calories, restriction, and hours spent in front of mirrors analyzing. She wasn’t always so sweet, when it came down to the bloody and brutal nature of the sport. There were quite a few things she had done that she regretted, justified as friendly competition at the time. From giving incorrect call times, to the one brutal fight she had had in school. But none so much as her own self destruction. When she was sixteen, she was forced to take a year off and find treatment for her complex relationship to food, to dance, and to life. She loved ballet, but a lot of the time, it didn’t feel like ballet loved her back. She was sent off to a residential inpatient program, to repent to the ballet gods for her sins.
When Siobhan returned from her time in program, she got right back into ballet. She completed the pre-professional program, and took a spot at the Carolina ballet, in the corps de ballet. She was living her dream. But slowly those old habits started to creep back up on her, and Siobhan knew that this was a risk, a dream, she wasn’t willing to sacrifice herself for. She felt like ballet had broken up with her, and it broke her heart. She spent six months, lost, lonely, and isolated. So she moved out to Saltlight Point, in hopes of finding something else to bring her life meaning.
She had applied to Graciosa. Of course she had. But she never expected a call from them. She never expected them to ask her to teach. She had applied for a desk position, but she reveled in the opportunity. Now she teaches for their pre-professional program, and comes home to her beachfront apartment. Siobhan didn’t know what the good life truly meant, but she felt like she was living it. Sure, she had only been in Saltlight Point for a few months, but it was a nice way to live. A nice place to be.
Altruistic to the core. Will help anyone in need. Often finds herself being taken advantage of because she is so giving and compassionate. Hard worker, incredibly dedicated to people and commitments. Whimsical, tries to see the beauty in everything. Ethereal, walks with grace and dignity. Childish. Often enjoys children’s activities. Ultimately: she kind of acts like a Disney princess at all times. Big bambi energy. She wasn’t always that way, but she makes it a point to be these days.
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