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Buy of the month 4 ' .:i k k k I H f t 1 II fee - F I liiMttllll ti3w aa- W: iPBta BHtf pi ,7,tic ft;) V 1 jft While thousands watch ballet come to life in theater, backstage a ballerina nonchalantly pauses to telephone friend. Another, still in practice clothes, Unperturbed by pending appear stands on tiptoes to read notices of ance onstage, prettily costumed next day's cast, costume, and schedule, ballerina reads a letter from home. BAG KSTAGE (hi. fi) ! w Star of stars, Margot Fonteyn, dressed for title role in "The Firebird," strikes graceful pose she must do to perfection when curtain rises and music begins. Photos by Mickey Pallas I n the wonderful world of ballet, wicked magicians turn fair maidens into swans, a sleeping beauty is awakened from a hundred years' sleep with a kiss, and young girls who die before marrying go to a strange limbo where they must dance nightly on their own graves. 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