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I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Tried
Interested
Becoming
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Shows
Enough
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Tall

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