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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Volume 126 No. 5
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Sugar plum visions dance in their heads
Snow is the last thing on most people’s minds. But for a handful of tiny Plainfield dancers, dreams of snowflakes and angels occupy their thoughts. On a bright Friday afternoon in August, seven little ballerinas dressed in their black leotards, pink ballet tights, pink ballet slippers and hair up in a bun flitted and fluttered around the studio floor at Dance Quest on
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Van Dyke Road in Plainfield hoping to land a part in “The Nutcracker.” They were among the many student dancers ages 7 to 16 who auditioned in Plainfield and Chicago for roles such as party children, mice, snowflakes and angels in the Moscow Ballet’s Dec. 8 production of “The Great Russian Nutcracker.” “Children play an important part in this time-honored holiday classic, said Altin Naska, who See VISIONS, page 7
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p Altin Naska, who is overseeing all the auditions for the 74 student dancer parts, counts as the young ballerinas dance as snowflakes in hopes of landing a role in the Moscow Ballet’s production of “The Great Russian Nutcracker.” Auditioning are (clockwise, from left) Emily Wong, Riley Smola, Emily McGarr, Katie Ramus, Cheyenne Moser, Lily Hall Risor and Lily Del Alcazar. t Young dancers (from left) Lily Del Alcazar, Katie Ramus and Emily McGarr strike a pose at the end of their snowflake dance.
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