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.