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nd tulle are not what all ballerinas of. At least not for Meghann an, Artistic director of the San ivic Ballet, who overhauled the organization to create a rising notable dance instruction in West

man started dancing at very young went to the Alabama School of when she was twelve to pursue She began dancing for the Ballet two years later. At sixteen,

she danced with the Alabama Ballet in Birmingham for two years. Afterwards, she began studying at the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company with John Meehan in New York at eighteen. Bridgeman also danced in Austin for two years. After she found her way to Texas via Austin, she was offered the job as guest director for three months at the SACB. Six years later, she has established the SACB as a serious dance academy that offers an intensive, classical curriculum and produces dancers

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e San Angelo Civic Ballet making a statement and tting noticed.

story by Erin Whitford

photographs by Mike Erb

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