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Grace, beauty, ballet “Snow White” is a beloved Disney movie, but the Mount Dora School of Ballet’s performance of the ancient story will be the darker version from the original fairytale. The ballet will be performed May 20-21 at Lake-Sumter State College. WRITER: LEIGH NEELY // PHOTOS: FRED LOPEZ
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t’s something we haven’t done before,” dancer Annika Slaby says. “It’s kind of nice how we’re not taking it from the Disney movie.” Director Kathryn Wheeler says the ballet begins with the coronation of the queen, where Snow White is introduced as a debutante. There will be the familiar scenes of the beautiful Queen and her mirror that does not lie. Of course, her jealousy becomes hatred when the mirror lauds Snow White’s beauty. The climax will be at the wedding reception
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