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Chapter 18

Years later, I became a choreographer.

Not the most famous.

Not the richest.

But respected.

I built a youth dance program for working-class students in Los Angeles.

No dancer was ever mocked for used shoes.

No parent was ever made to feel small for coming in uniform.

We had a rule posted by the door:

Check the floor. Check the shoes. Protect the dancer.

People thought it was about safety.

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It was.

But it was also about dignity.

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