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'Nutcracker': A backstage pass

At least an hour before the curtain goes up on Pennsylvania Ballet’s Nutcracker, the dancers start arriving at the Academy of Music. They put on makeup, style their hair, tie the ribbons on pointe shoes, and stretch. Someone from the wardrobe department is positioned in each dressing room to fasten costumes. Young students from the School of Pennsylvania Ballet who are playing the angels receive their wings.
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