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See more ideas about dancer, ballet dancers and dance photography. Shes an excellent writer and lets you into her heart and makes you feel like shes a sister. Properties of water science instructional targetsnyc english hardcover book. Also the author of allegra kents water beauty book smp, 1977. Aug 01, 2000 kent has written an acclaimed autobiography, once a dancer. A day in the life of a ballerina hard work, beautiful costum.
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