SAMUELS, Marcella Aurelia

[marcella aurelia samuels]

MARCELLAAURELIASAMUELS

YOU SAY WE'RE BOTH LITTLE PEOPLE AND YOU LIKE IT THAT WAY,

NAME: Marcella Aurelia Samuels
NICKNAME: Marca, Marc, Sammy
AGE: 25
GENDER: female
SEXUALITY: straight
BIRTHDATE: August 1
GROUP: preston heights teacher
SCHOOL: preston heights academy
GRADE:teaches: dance, theatre; ellis house mother

BUT IN TIME I'M GONNA PUT THIS BODY TO SHAME,

Marcella is very beautiful. And she isn't one of those types who is beautiful and doesn't know it. She's aware of it. Her mother, father, aunts, uncles, dance teachers... They all told her she was beautiful. Marcella just never put much stock in that. The other girls, the ones she had dance class with, they were all beautiful too. But they were terrible, mean and experts at insults. Because of this, Marcella didn't really care how beautiful her body was. She sought for beauty in her lines, in her footwork, in the bend of her arms and the strength of her spine. Those are Marca's favorite features in herself: her dancing.

Marcella has thick, wavy hair. It's dark as can be, nearly black, only bleaching to something resembling brown in the summer. Usually she has it up, in a messy-bun with a few strands framing her face. When she's relaxing or for special occassions though, Marca leaves it all down, falling softly around her cheeks and over her shoulders. Her eyes are a grey-brown. They're small though, and often disappear in the crinkle of an embarrassed laugh or smile. Also, her most distinguishable feature is her eyebrows. They're trim and neat but Marca likes to keep them full. She is a proud Italiana and her dark, thick eyebrows declare that.

Marcella is fit as dancing is her life. Her entire body is slender, toned and flexible. Her body is her instrument and she works to keep it in top shape. She has some curves but they're fairly subtle. She doesn't really dress to show that off though. You're just as likely to spot Marca in a slouchy, comfy sweater as you are a tight tank top. And, as long as she can get away with it, she goes barefoot. Being in direct contact with the earth, ground, floor helps her dance better, gives her better balance.

BODY TYPE: athletic; slim
HAIR: Dark, wavy, just below shoulders
EYES: hazel/gray-brown
HEIGHT: 5'8"
WEIGHT: 126 lbs
TATTOOS/PIERCINGS: Both of her ears are pierced twice, with a cartilige piercing on the right one as well. Marca only has one tatto: it's a intricate, abstract swirling of a musical note, a treble clef, a bass clef and a heart done in delicate grey ink, just above her left hipbone.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: her eyebrows
PLAY-BY: Camilla Belle

WEAR A SUIT LIKE MY OLD MAN,

Marcella's father was on business to Italy when he met her mother. He was an up-and-coming member of an international corporation and was already over-seeing the start of the Rome headquarters. Analisa was a university student nearby, studying dance. They met, fell in love quickly and Analisa was pregnant even quicker. Marcus truly did love her though and so the two settled in Siena where their first daughter was born.

From there on, Marcella was doted upon. She quickly showed an affinity for dance and her mother nurtured that; her own dreams of dance dashed. When she was about three, Marca's father was called back to Ontario, his company's origin. The family welcomed the move, happy for the adventure. It wasn't long after that that Marca had a little brother, Andrew. She continued with her dance in Canada, taking all kinds of lesson: tap, ballet, modern, jass, theatre. The theatre was her favorite. She was painfully shy herself but dancing as a character allowed her to be anyone at any time.

In school, aside from dance, Marcella found an interest in history. It was all like a story-book: the different eras and costumery. She loved the fairytales but indulged in the darkness as well; the massacres, the wars, the tyrant kings... She loved all the stories. And by the time she was eleven years old, Marcella had a total of four younger siblings: two brothers and two sisters.

Throughout high school, Marcella focused mainly on her dance. She had classes before school, after school, at night, on the weekends... After highschool, Marcella's dream was Julliard. She couldn't muster up the courage to audition though and ended up at the Boston Conservatory. From there, she went on a slew of open auditions for dance companies and Broadway productions. She earned a few minor, minor roles.

Her confidence was soon short after a bout of no success. She returned how for a year or two; doing not much more than reading copious amounts of biographies and poetry volumes and dancing, dancing, dancing. The next summer, she took up a job at the local small dance studio while the usual teacher was out with a fractured wrist.

She fell in love. She loved being able to teach others how to discover their dance. She started sending out applications immediately. Thankfully, Preston Heights Academy returned with an acceptance and she had a job; teaching dance and theatre. This is her second year at the Academy and she enjoys her job thoroughly, even if it does mean dealing with the occasional over-privileged prima-ballerina.

HOMETOWN: Siena, Italy
MOTHER: Analisa Samuels nee Scaletti, 43, retired dancer
FATHER: Marcus Samuels, 49, businessman
SIBLING(S):
Andrew Samuels, 20, college sophomore
Emmanuella Samuels, 18, high school senior
Lilianna Samuels, 16, high school sophomore
Francesco Samuels, 13, student
PETS:
Anona, tabby cat, female
Lennon, tabby cat, male
Doxer, beagle, male (at home)
Leisl, black cat, female (at home)

PACK UP ALL MY THINGS AND GET MY ASS OUT OF TOWN,

Marcella is shy. She doesn't like to say a lot because she's afraid of saying the wrong thing and hurting someone. This makes for a great trait for her as a teacher, though. She'll speak up enough to correct someone, but she'll be tactful and sensitive about it. She's very sensitive herself, taking things personally when she shouldn't or doesn't need to.

All this certainly stems from a lack of confidence. Marcella isn't sure of herself at all. Except. Except when she gets on stage. She's a different person when she's dancing or acting. She doesn't have to be Marcella Samuels who, in her own eyes, isn't good enough. The trouble just turns out to be psyching herself out enough to get on stage to start with. Once you break away from the layer of shyness and insecurity, Marcella is a person unto herself. She's funny and sweet and cares endlessly about the people around her. She's always ready to give an ear to listen or a shoulder to cry on.

LIKES: dancing, music, cooking, eating, musicals, listening, poetry, history (the subject), old movies, getting dressed up, cold showers, wide open spaces, leather-bound books, quill pens, old-fashioned things
DISLIKES: being the center of attention, maths & sciences, people disliking her, getting over-heated, cramped spaces, papercuts
FEARS: claustrophobia, anything happening to her family, not being able to dance
DREAMS: choreographing a Broadway hit; having a family of her own

WE'VE GOT IT GOOD,

Hi, I'm KITTY and I've been around this world EIGHTEEN times. I play DALE&GREG and I found out about this site from REWRITTEN CITY. I've been in this business for ABOUT FOUR YEARS?. If you need to contact me, please do it through EMAIL/PM Oh, and by the way, BRAINS ARE DELICIOUS

WHETHER YOU LIKE THIS TOWN OR NOT,

see Dale's application, please.

I KNOW IT'S SMALL BUT WITH A BIG HEAD,

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