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The Joy of Learning Valuable Lessons as a Dancer

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Dancing for My Supper Like the Old Vaudevillians

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"Have you ever crossed the desert in a circus train? I took such a detour—by choice— in 1978 when I hung up my pointe shoes to ride an elephant named Peggy."
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