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A 15-year-old girl from Texas moves to Moscow to train at the Bolshoi Academy, which has long produced many of the world's ballet greats. Her dream is to dance with the Bolshoi Ballet company.

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  • I want to say a huge BRAVO to this girl. She's only 15 and managed to cope with all the difficulties she faced. She was far away from home, all alone, to a vast country and did not back down. Joy well done, I hope you succeed in getting the role and achieving much more because you truly worth it! You are an inspiration. :D

  • She looks like Rachel Weiss meets Kate Winslet bumps Anne Hathaway.

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  • She is way skinnier now...I wonder how she lost the weight. Well probably dancing like 8 hours of day and working out the rest of the day.. Haha

  • You can find crazy physical hard russian teachers all over north america, just saying.

  • you just have to love this girl for her devotion :)

  • @girlthatlaughs well this year she is preparing to audition for the company at 16 or 17. she's not that young by ballet standards ;)

  • Come on youtube! i wanted to see this but an error occured! I definantly want to see this. I want to become a prima ballerina!

  • Wow, her story is an inspiration for me, such a HUGE inspiration, I mean, in my case, I really want to go to the United States to study in a University there, not ballet, but the Asian Languages. As a matter of fact, I'm super afraid inside of leaving my family behind, since I have never even been on a plane before. I admire this girl and I wish I had her courage and strenght and drive (and talent too! hehe) :)

  • Well, did she get it?!

  • She's amazing and beautiful. I'm so glad someone paid for her operation! It would be such a shame for this girl who went for her dream to not be able to continue.

  • i totally understand that feeling of smiling on stage and being in tears backstage, and coming back on stage to smile again. it's so true.

  • you can hear the immense passion in her voice. It's incredible!

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