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Open Image ModalYoung ballet students gather during their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(02 of23)
Open Image ModalA young ballet student stands outside after her ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(03 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students gather during their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(04 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students gather during their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(05 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students play outside before their ballet class begins at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(06 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students walk outside before their ballet class begins at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(07 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students gather outside after their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(08 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students gather outside after their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(09 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students practice during their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(10 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students practice during their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(11 of23)
Open Image ModalYoung ballet students practice during their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
(12 of23)
Open Image ModalA young ballet student stands outside after her ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalYoung ballet students practice during their ballet class at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA young ballet student waits outside before her ballet class begins at the Museu da Mare in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 100 students study ballet at the museum. The Brazilian government has currently deployed around 2,400 federal troops to occupy the group of violence-plagued favelas. The deployment was initially scheduled to be completed July 31. The group of 16 communities house around 130,000 residents and had been dominated by drug gangs and militias. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (credit:Mario Tama via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, ballet instructor Joana Machado instructs young girls at her House of Dreams dance studio in Crackland, one of the roughest neighborhoods of downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. âWe see all kinds of stories here. From girls who havenât showered in days, who donât know how to brush their teeth, who are locked inside their homes all day,â said Machado. âI feel always responsible for their lives, always worried about what may happen. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 8, 2014 photo, girls participate in a ballet class at the House of Dreams dance studio in Crackland, one of the roughest neighborhoods in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. Growing up amid drug dealers and addicts, some girls have yet to learn how to read. Yet they are learning the graceful art of ballet courtesy of a local church group that also offers them food, counseling and Bible studies. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 8, 2014 photo, girls participate in a ballet class at the House of Dreams dance studio in Crackland, one of the roughest neighborhoods in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. Twice a week, more than 20 girls, ages 5 through 12, board a Volkswagen van for a 10-minute ride to class, where they put on pink or black tights and ballet shoes donated by a dance wear store. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 8, 2014 photo, a church worker walks ballet student Maria home after her ballet class at The House of Dreams dance studio in a neighborhood overrun by crack addicts, called \"Crackland,\" in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. Girls growing up in favelas are more likely to become pregnant as teens, and the last 2010 census found the rate of illiteracy was twice as high in the slums than in other areas of Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, girls learn ballet at The House of Dreams dance studio in Crackland, one of the roughest neighborhoods of downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. The young dancers hope to catch the eye of a respected Brazilian ballerina who recruits dozens of disadvantaged girls for an annual workshop. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(20 of23)
Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, ballet instructor Joana Machado instructs young girls at her House of Dreams dance studio in Crackland, one of the roughest neighborhoods of downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. âWe see all kinds of stories here. From girls who havenât showered in days, who donât know how to brush their teeth, who are locked inside their homes all day,â said Machado. âI feel always responsible for their lives, always worried about what may happen.â (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 8, 2014 photo, girls sit together as they take a ballet class at the House of Dreams dance studio in Crackland, one of the roughest neighborhoods of downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. The time spent focused on grace and control is far removed from the girlsâ daily lives. Many are being raised by parents who are recovering from or are addicted to drugs. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, girls jump rope during ballet class at the House of Dreams dance studio in one of the roughest neighborhoods, known as Crackland, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. Russians largely introduced classical ballet to Brazil in the 1920s, when dancers began immigrating and established dance companies in cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalIn this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, girls participate in a ballet class at the House of Dreams dance studio in Crackland, one of the roughest neighborhoods of downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil. Some of the students live with relatives who are drug dealers, or they have been abandoned and taken in by neighbors. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)