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<h2>Oklahoma girl who is dying, 9 years old, achieves her childhood dream of appearing in Nutcracker</h2>
<p><strong>Olivia Francis, 9 years old, had always dreamed to dance in the Nutcracker. However, she was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder just one year after she began ballet.</strong><br />
<span class="mol-style-bold">Mary, Olivia’s mother, reached out to the Oklahoma City Ballet in order to include her in their productions of the Nutcracker.</span><br />
<span class="mol-style-bold">The ballet created a new role just for Olivia — a girl named Marie who uses a vintage wheelchair</span></p>
<p class="author-section byline-plain">By Melissa Koenig For Dailymail.Com </p>
</div><!-- /wp:html --> Olivia Francis, 9 years old, had always dreamed to dance in the Nutcracker. However, she was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder just one year after she began ballet.
Mary, Olivia’s mother, reached out to the Oklahoma City Ballet in order to include her in their productions of the Nutcracker.
The ballet created a new role just for Olivia — a girl named Marie who uses a vintage wheelchair
By Melissa Koenig For Dailymail.Com