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Performance tackles the fear, challenge of battling cancer

Alicats Studio dancers have personal connections

Cassidy Elliott, right, rehearses a hip-hop routine as a cancer cell during practice for "Cancer: The Struggle of Loss & Victory" at the Alicats Dance Studio in Flowery Branch. The dance will be performed during this summer’s Relay for Life by the American Cancer Society. - photo by Michelle Boaen Jameson

DANCE1 — Cassidy Elliott, right, rehearses a hip-hop routine as a cancer cell during practice for "Cancer: The Struggle of Loss & Victory" at the Alicats Dance Studio in Flowery Branch. The dance will be performed during this summer’s Relay for Life by the American Cancer Society. - photo by Michelle Boaen Jameson

Cassidy Elliott paused for a moment, took a deep breath and stood motionless as her muscles trembled. A tiny bead of sweat formed on her forehead. She only had one thing on her mind.