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“Ballet is harsh magic,” said Dee… “We work young bones until they sprout feathers. Flesh evaporates in sweat. Ballet consumes the body to free the soul,” Dee continued. “We all become swans. Some never turn back. The ballet Swan Lake is the wind under our feet, the air on which we ascend.”

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