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In the last few moments of The Washington Ballet's Giselle, Elizabeth Gaither wraps her tinsel-thin arms around her partner and then slowly drifts away. She melts into each detail, every placement of her foot and turn of her head softer than the last. Finally she achieves an all but ethereal state as the music draws to a close--a breath and she might disappear.
While today Gaither is dancing Giselle and other principal roles, she still remembers a time when she feared she would never be able to dance again. Thanks to her talent, steel will, sense of humor, and ability to take responsibility for her future, Gaither is still dancing, perhaps better than ever. From the very start, Gaither had determination. Her early training came in her mother's Miami studio. Gloria Gaither studied at Memphis Ballet, but opted for a family over a career as a professional dancer. "Elizabeth watched the older girls' classes until I could take her home," remembers Gloria. "One night she said to me, 'You know that girl in the blue leotard in the such-and-such class? When she does her pas de basque she doesn't peel her foot off the floor in the back.' I realized then and there that she was...
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