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The hts follow the dancers as they leap and pirouette across the stage It’s a strange yet graceful post

There’s a move where a pair of dancers – a ether while the rest stand back and float in the air on their toes Their raceful and romantic

Then a dancer comes forward to replace the pair It’s clear by the empty air between the dancer’s ar He dances his part of the duet with e dancers cohost partner

They caress the air where the face of their partner would have been They spin and land on the floor with their ar

Alone in a world of misery

I watch the beautiful performance with an ache in my chest

Then, just when I can’t stand the sadness anye A dancer in ragged clothes, filthy and half starved He’s not even in ballet shoes He’s just barefoot as he glides out to take his place in the dance

The other dancers turn to him, and it’s clear that he is one of them One of the lost ones By the look on their faces, they weren’t expecting him This is not part of the practiced show He ly, the dance continues without a lides into place, and the final dancer who should have danced solo with herpartner dances with the newcohs Her voice is clear and high, and it lifts us all

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When the perforoes ith their cheers There is total abandon with their clapping, whistling, and shouts of bravos

It’s a

I’ve never felt so moved by a performance before It’s not like I’ve been to a lot of ballets or any other live perforht leaves me breathless

Like true professionals, the dance troupe takes its bow first before the dancers converge on the newcos, the tears, the cries of joy are a wonder to see

Then they spread out into a line, hold hands, and bow again Everyone is up on their feet, and none of us worry about the noise we’reupon ourselves

The twins are right This is life

No one can really top that ballet performance, and I assume no one will try Everyone seee to clown around and entertain people I’ people tiet up the nerve to perforic act that’s almost professional They fu that for co, as good as any professional stagea battered guitar He looks like he hasn’t had a shower in days, his face is covered in scruff, and his shirt has a splatter of dried blood