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Ballerinas at Marat Daukayev dance for joy and in person

By Nona Sue Friedman Happiness and happy feet are what the students at Marat Daukayev School of Ballet are feeling these days. After many months of practicing alone at home and only connecting with their ballet friends via Zoom, the dancers are fi nally back in person as of July. Parents and dancers alike are “On cloud nine,” according to mom Kate Cury of La Brea Hancock, whose daughter Annabel, 12, attends the school. “It

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was incredible for my daughter to go from home to her chosen family,” says Ms. Cury. Since July, the students are not only able to be together, they are fi nally able to dance in their new studio for the fi rst time. As Annabel Cury says, “I was very excited when we heard that Marat Daukayev School of Ballet’s summer intensive would be in person. I was fl abbergasted when I saw how beautiful the new studio was, and grateful that I would not only be doing ballet here, where the windows and studios were giant, but also that I would fi nally be able to see my ballet friends. Being back in person has felt very magical, exhilarating, and so fun. This summer was thrilling and I am looking forward to the new semester, and all of the new memories I will make!” “My girls literally had tears of joy,” is how mom Bonnie Rhow describes her daughters Annie, 16 and MyLee, 12, both Marlborough students, upon their return. It was the fi rst time her ballerinas pointed (Please turn to page 15)

BALLERINAS Matisse Love in white top and Grace Tankenson in black in the new studio.

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CIRCLE TIME FOR BALLERINAS. Right to left are Olivia Lin, Haven Zucker, Samara Zelichov, Tiffany Vargas, Lana Namkoong and Allison Kim.

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