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Paloma Paulin, 13, knew little about ballet until taking a three-week introductory course at Cardinal Valley Elementary School in 2005. She has come a long way since then: Now an eighth-grader, she will dance the lead role in a ballet at the Lexington Opera House on Wednesday night.
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"I found her sitting on a bench in Woodland Park. She looked up when my shadow fell on the letter she was writing."