Phakathi kwe-COVID-19, uBillie Eilish Usekela iDance Studio Eyamsiza Ukwethula Umsebenzi Wakhe
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Amabhizinisi amancane abekezelela umthelela omubi wezezimali obangelwa ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus. Ukusiza ukukhulula eminye yale mithwalo, u-Billie Eilish nomfowabo/umdidiyeli u-Finneas O'Connell bahlanganyele ukuze badlale ochungechungeni lwe-Verizon's Pay It Forward Live, ukusakaza bukhoma kwamasonto onke kosaziwayo abasebenzela ukusekela amabhizinisi amancane. Ngokudlala kwabo, i-pop duo yomfowethu nodadewethu igqamise i-Revolution Dance Center, isitudiyo sokudansa saseCalifornia laba ababili abasibiza ngokuthi "ikhaya iminyaka eminingi" njengabadansi abasebasha, ababelana ngaso ngesikhathi sokusakaza bukhoma.
U-Eilish mhlawumbe waziwa kakhulu ngamapayipi akhe anamandla nekhono lokubhala izingoma, kepha njengoba echaza ngesikhathi esakaza bukhoma ku-Pay It Forward, "impilo yakhe yonke ibingumdanso" ngaphambi kokuthi aqale ukulawula amashadi we-pop. Ukusiza ukusekela i-Revolution Dance Center, lapho yena no-O'Connell bethi badansa iminyaka, laba bobabili i-FaceTimed nabanikazi besitudiyo, uJulie Kay Stallcup nomyeni uDarrell Stallcup, futhi bakhuthaze ababukeli abasakaza bukhoma ukuthi banikele ebhizinisini elincane.
Yize "bethathe enkulu imali" ngesikhathi kuvalwa isitudiyo sabo, uJulie Kay noDarrell bathe bebelokhu beqhubeka nokukhokhela abasebenzi babo ngokugcwele (👏) nokubuyisela imali yokufunda kulabo asebeke bayeka izifundo ngenxa yalolu bhubhane. Bebelokhu behlinzeka ngamakilasi okudansa wangempela ukuze abafundi bakwazi ukuzijwayeza ukwahlukaniswa, abanikazi besitudiyo babelane ngesikhathi sokusakaza bukhoma. (Bheka laba abanye abaqeqeshi bokuqina kanye nezitudiyo ezinikela amakilasi okusebenza online manje.)
Njengabaninimabhizinisi abaningi abazulazula nobhadane lwe-COVID-19, abakwaStallcups bathe bathatha izinto "usuku nosuku" futhi, okwamanje, bamukela iminikelo. Ukusiza ukwesekwa okuqinisa isignali, u-Eilish wabelane ngezinkumbulo ezivela kuye nangesikhathi somfowabo estudiyo sokudansa — kufaka phakathi indaba engemuva kwe- "Ocean Eyes," iculo elenze ukuthi lo mculi abe nesiteleka, futhi kwenzeka nje ukuthi lakhiwe ngokubambisana no owayenguthisha wakhe wokudansa, uFred Diaz.
U-Eilish uveze ukuthi ngenkathi eneminyaka engu-13, uDiaz wacela yena nomfowabo ukuthi babhalele ingoma uDiaz angayenzela ukuculelwa. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, udadewabo ongumfowabo nodadewabo walayisha i- "Ocean Eyes" ku-SoundCloud kaDiaz, futhi le ngoma yangena ngengozi, okuqala ukuqala komculo wabo, u-Eilish abelana ngawo ngesikhathi sokusakaza bukhoma. “Lesi situdiyo somdanso sifanele ukubongwa ngokuqala kwalolu hambo,” kusho yena. (I-ICYMI: UBillie Eilish Ulethe Umyalezo Onamandla Mayelana Nokuhlazeka Komzimba Ekusebenzeni Okusha Okupholisayo)
Njengengxenye yohlelo lwayo lokusakaza bukhoma, i-Verizon inikela ngo-$10 emabhizinisini amancane ngokusetshenziswa ngakunye kwe-hashtag ethi #PayitForwardLIVE, efika ku-$2.5 million. "Amabhizinisi amancane ayingxenye ebalulekile yomphakathi wethu, futhi kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi siwasekele kule nkinga," kusho u-Eilish esitatimendeni ngaphambi kokusakaza kwakhe bukhoma i-Pay It Forward. "Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ukuthi ngikwazile ukunakwa kulawa mabhizinisi endawo, abe nomthelela empilweni yami, futhi azama ukwenza umhlaba ube indawo engcono."