The lights were bright and I could barely see the rest of the audience as I got into position to dance. I had been practicing this dance for a month and a half with my troupe, and yet as I walked onto the stage I couldn't remember any of the steps. The introduction music began and my thoughts started racing, "How am I going to dance without the steps?", "How will I tell my teacher that I just had a...

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