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Somogyi became an apprentice with the New York City in 1993, at age 15 and while she was still a high school sophomore. She became one of the youngest dancers ever to join the company. She was offered the apprenticeship after she performed the lead role in
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In her entire career, she had only been injured three times, but all three were "catastrophic" and happened while she was performing. She tore her left foot posterior tibial tendon in 2004, her right foot
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