Julia Curley, A star is born (DOCO 2025)

I love watching the ballerinas at my local ballet company practice their most recent production. There is a lot of sitting around, but it isn't idle. I watch as they practice their routines, over and over again, hour after hour. They stretch, and bend and fix their hair and bandage their toes. They allow me to watch them and I try not to move a muscle as I observe and then take the shot when I feel they have forgotten I am there. By the end of the day I have fallen in love with ballet and leave for home, humming the tune of their show for days afterwards.

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