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Opening her Dance School

Clip: 9/25/1991 | 8m 41sVideo has Closed Captions

She landed a job at the University of Minnesota, taking over for the current dance...

She landed a job at the University of Minnesota, taking over for the current dance teacher. As she taught, the class size grew to include some now famous theater people. One of her students mentioned a place for rent, an old Messianic Temple, and it was perfect. She hired a variety of top notch dancers to teach at her school.

09/25/1991

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