Stories Related to Two Very Young Dancers, Living The ‘nutcracker’ Dream

GIA KOURLAS, NY Times: Dance
Thu, 11/23/2017 - 4:47am

Each year two lucky girls are cast to play Marie in New York City Ballet’s “Nutcracker.” This year’s Maries tell us what it’s like.

Topics: dance

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