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Elite dancer opens Bed-Stuy dance school

With a little help from Oprah Winfrey, an Alvin Ailey dance star has opened a training center for aspiring young performers in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Dwana Smallwood had a quick rise from a gifted student

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