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Video: East High student dances past her differences

When she was in eighth grade, Taylor Haines had the moxie to try out for the East Anchorage High School dance company. That meant an audition in front of a crowded studio of 60 or 70 older dancers, a big deal for a middle schooler.

Her dance teacher, Ariel Graham, remembers the day.

What stood out was not the girl's prosthetic leg, but her confidence.

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