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Article Excerpt
THE LIGHTS DIMMED, the curtain rose, and my then 8-year-old daughter, Ginny, was mesmerized. I had seen The Nutcracker many times before, but that day Ginny was seeing it for the first time. I had wondered whether she would even like the ballet. Children are so fabulously entertained these days; would ballet still hold the same thrill for a little girl? I remembered reading, as a child, of how the young Anna Pavlova witnessed her first ballet, wept, and vowed that she was destined to dance. Might Ginny have a similar reaction?
Throughout the performance, Ginny sat absolutely still, awestruck. Afterward, walking though the crisp winter air to our car, she announced, "I want to put on The Nutcracker."
"You'll need to take ballet lessons and perform in a ballet," I...
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