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Posted on 4/25/2026 1:51:46 PM
By Susan Gainen
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Truth: I dropped out of tap and ballet in about the 4th grade -- the class interfered with watching the Original Mickey Mouse Club -- the one with Annette Funicello. It wasn't until decades later that I finally connected (in my mind, not my body) with a style of dance that I would have loved: high kicking with taps like the Rockettes. Or just plain high kicks like the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. Fortunately for this road not taken, I was and continue to be too short for kick lines.
