I sit with and listen to her story of where she has been, where she is now and where she wants to go. I am looking into the face of Julia Ann Maxwell, a 15-year-old 10th-grader at Bulloch Academy. She already has the classic portrait of a ballerina — graceful in her posture and gestures.
Ric Mandes - Dance, ballerina, dance
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