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Exactly Where I Didn’t Know I Wanted to Be

I feel like I’ve been preparing for this career my whole life.  I am a life-long dancer.  I grew up in South Carolina and danced with the South Carolina Dance Theatre—dancing in more Nutcrackers than you can shake a stick at.  In 8th grade, I was cast as Clara in the Nutcracker.  Two months before the performance, I fractured my fibula during PE class.  I was put in a cast and told to rest for weeks, despite being deep into rehearsals for … read more Exactly Where I Didn’t Know I Wanted to Be→