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On Thursday, Miller apologized in a long statement on her Instagram. The Blackout Tuesday square was gone. I realize that racism can come not just from hate, but also from ignorance.

No matter the cause, it is harmful, and it is my fault. She was sentenced to a year in a federal prison in Victorville, California, and was released in Then, when we went into our Vaganova exams and we scored lower, she tried to make it a point about race—which, when you're 11 and 12 years old, you don't fully understand that things were manipulated.

It was really difficult. When I was 12, I went to Joffrey Ballet School's summer intensive in Los Angeles, and that was my first time getting away from my home studio. I fell back in love with dance because at Joffrey, everyone is celebrated. When I was 14, I decided that I wanted to train at Joffrey full-time. So, I moved to New York City and became a trainee.

But when I was 16, I sustained an injury: I had stress fractures in my sesamoid approximately a year prior, and I continued to dance on it until eventually the bone broke all the way through. My treatments included injections, laser therapy and other procedures, until I had to go on bed rest for several months.

I started thinking about this dream I've always had of everyone being able to have dancewear in their skin tone. I grew up dyeing my tights, pointe shoes and the straps on my leotard. It was alienating to walk into a dancewear store, and all of my friends were able to get everything off the shelf, but I had to go home and dye everything.

So I started sketching designs and looking into how I could start this company. Suddenly, I had a lot more to juggle. Between being a full-time student, continuing my dance training, building a social network and creating an apparel brand, it was difficult to find a good work—life balance.

I'm grateful that my dance career has taught me about determination and the importance of time management, which has been invaluable in my entrepreneurial journey. My sister and I were thinking about how we could give young people access to a network, tools and information that could help make their dreams a reality.

We mobilized a team of over 30 young activists and changemakers from across North America. The team took shape after my sister and I reached out to friends who had done work in activism and service. People meet each other, connect, start conversations and learn through a content library that focuses on five main causes—criminal justice reform, racial equity, housing and food security, gun reform, and environmentalism. Members can take action directly from our platform. We provide dance scholarships, sponsored by our dancewear shop, to dancers across North America each spring, and offer support to dancers through the "Keep Dance Safe" hub, which is a support group for survivors of abuse, assault and racism.

Our donation drive for St. Vincent and the Grenadines following the volcanic eruption. About 25 percent of the island was wiped out, and my sister and I turned to each other and were like, 'We need to do something. The launch of our second collection with Roots. It's a piece collection with sweatpants and hoodies in a variety of shades, a gorgeous award jacket, and a bag.

For the campaign, we were lucky enough to work with some of my favorite dancers in the world, like Tina Pereira, who is a principal dancer with National Ballet of Canada, and someone I grew up watching my entire life. Angyil's list of battle wins is so long, you'd be forgiven for assuming she's been a hip hopper her whole life.

But back when she was a tiny dancer, Angyil actually started out with ballet classes in Kansas City, Missouri. Photo courtesy of Red Bull. Angyil: I originally was in a bunch of different after-school activities: the robotics team, the debate team, all of these teams.

And then dance became an activity at my school. I fell in love, and went on to a performing arts school where I studied ballet, jazz, Graham modern, tap. Angyil: A lot of the Ailey teachers would come to Kansas City every summer. At the end of the intensive, they picked students who they thought had a promising future. I was one of the students picked to fly to New York and train there. Angyil: I was tired of putting my hair in a bun.

I know that sounds crazy. I appreciated the discipline of concert dance, but felt like I couldn't be free—like I couldn't allow my body to move however my muscles wanted to move. Music also played a big role. I wanted to hear music that resonated with my soul, with my mood and personality.

Ballet definitely taught me a lot when it comes to discipline and training. But I decided to just go with hip hop, which felt the closest to my authentic self. Angyil: The people that I trained with were like, 'Your posture is way too proper. You need to break your posture. That, and my feet were always turned out. Angyil: Performance.

It's still about performance at the end of the day, regardless of whether it's on the street or another everyday place, or in a theater. You're still responsible for turning it on and performing your best.

Angyil: I don't think ballet dancers realize how structured and serious hip hop can be. Hooman Melamed, who performed her life-saving surgery, and they talked about the emotional day and how she's doing today.

Melamed performed the eight-hour surgery on year-old Miller after her blood pressure started plummeting and he felt they couldn't afford to wait any longer. Miller teared up while recalling the moments before she went under the knife, and revealed there was a moment she thought she had already died. Melamed] say something that I didn't know, he said, 'Get the theater ready, I'm going in,' and I didn't know that the operating room was called the theater and I thought I died.

I'm dead already. You know, I can still hear them talking. It's not happening,'" he recalls. I'm gonna be operating. I'm not coming home tonight. This is not gonna happen on my watch. I don't care what it takes. I'm gonna do whatever it takes,' so I was optimistic that we were gonna save her.