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Aliza Russell / Photo Courtesy of Sinjun Strom
Dancing in front of mirrors for 15 years is a taxing yet admirable feat. Ask Aliza Russell, a 20-year-old dancer in the Tisch School of the Arts and recipient of the Princess Grace Scholarship. Russell never saw herself as a dancer, least of all as a ballerina. For her, it was an unrealistic, implausible feat. Mentally, she couldn't picture herself doing the steps. Physically, she could not graps the movement.