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This dancer is helping to expand what a ballet body can be

Olivia Book was promoted to the corps de ballet of Ballet West in Salt Lake City, making her one of the first professional ballerinas with a limb difference.

Olivia Book, a member of the corps de ballet of Ballet West, in Salt Lake City, on the shore of Lake Ontario in her hometown of Grimsby, Canada, on May 21, 2026. ÒPart of my ballet journey is that I always felt sort of behind, or like I wasnÕt the specific ballet dancer that is expected,Ó Book says. (Ian Willms/The New York Time)

Olivia Book, a member of the corps de ballet of Ballet West, in Salt Lake City, on the shore of Lake Ontario in her hometown of Grimsby, Canada, on May 21, 2026. ÒPart of my ballet journey is that I always felt sort of behind, or like I wasnÕt the specific ballet dancer that is expected,Ó Book says. (Ian Willms/The New York Time)

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By Sophie Bress | The New York Times