Kidsburgh: Young Dancer Overcoming Obstacles To Reach Her Dream

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Five local girls from a small ballet school in the South Hills were recently accepted into the most prestigious summer dance program in the country in New York City, but for one of the dancers, the challenge has been much more than learning ballet.
Averi Hodgsen, 14, has epilepsy and scoliosis.
She has overcome those challenges and was one of only 200 dancers around the country accepted by audition into the summer program at the School of American Ballet — the off