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Let’s begin with a story. It’s a story about dance, about how it brings us joy and makes our souls sing. It’s a story about a special day, a wedding day. And it’s a story about Camilla.Camilla has always been slow to warm up. I’ve known her her whole life, but still, at six years old, when I visit her house she hides away, only emerging when she’s ready to say hello. In the story I’m about to recount she was younger and shyer than she is today.
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It’s my wedding day and Camilla is three. My husband and I have decided to make dancing a large part of our ceremony. One hundred of our friends and relatives are moving through the space. The atmosphere is wild and free. Camilla is dancing through a sea of adult legs. When the band plays “Amazing Grace,” a slow tune, the crowd unprompted sits down. But not Camilla, my shy little friend. Without permission or self-consciousness, she remains standing. She circles the room, arms raised to the sky. No one breathes or looks directly at her for fear of scaring her away. Tears stream down my face and I whisper to my husband that ...