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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.
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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.
Magic like this has been enchanting balletomanes for three
centuries, but somewhere between the stage and the wings the
magic is lost. Backstage, the artists who create this make-believe
men and women of intense dedication and infinite grace are,
unbelievably, just men and women.
When not on cue, a fairy princess pauses to telephone friends,
a tiny member of the corps de ballet stands on tiptoe to see the
bulletin board, a pretty ballerina reads a letter, and other assorted
dancers busy themselves with such mundane chores as limbering
up their muscles just like football players before a game.
But onstage the magic . remains! England's Royal Ballet, for
instance, which recently toured America with its internationally
renowned ballerina assoluta, Margot Fonteyn, can still between
telephone calls and letters bewitch an audience with enchanting
tales of "Giselle" and "Swan Lake."
And the most enchanted audience of all is the cast itself. No
matter how often they've seen it or danced it members can
still stand open-mouthed in the wings, marveling as the never
never world of once-upon-a-time comes to life once more.
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Backstage ballet, however, includes some necessary labor. Two hours before
performance, star Nadia Nerina (left) limbers up on deserted stage, and (at
right) Franklin White completes arduous make-up for role as wicked magician.
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Between acts, male star Michael Somes (hands on hips) listens to director.
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