can you change this article from past simple/simple perfect TO present or future simple?
Dance For All is a company that gives ballet training to young people from the townships. They opened/have opened their doors in 1991 and trained/have trained many wonderful dancers since then. Chris danced/has danced there from the age of seven. When he started/has started he was really excited by the movement and the freedom of dance. Now he studies dance every day and would like to dance abroad. Dance for All is going from strength to strength. To begin with they only have had/ had the ballet program, but now they also give contemporary, African and outreach classes. Sadly, in 2008 one of the co founders of Dance For All, Phyllis Spira has passed away/passed away. She was/has been an amazing woman and inspired everyone around her with the quality of her dance and her spirit. Here’s hoping that Dance For All will continue their wonderful work for years to come!

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Hi Gapi - is this a homework exercise?  It looks as though it is being used to teach the difference between the present perfect and the past simple, so I think it is a strange text to choose to change into the present or future.  You could change it, but not by changing a few verbs:  for example you cannot change a reference to 'in 1991' into the present or future, so you either have to change this date, or change the date of today.

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