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The studio of the Royal Youth
Ballet Company, and the Royal School of Ballet. North Royalton,
Ohio, March, 2002 .
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Preparations for future
performances, in the North Royalton studio.
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Training, photographed in mid
flight.
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More training in in the North
Royalton studio. |
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Board Member Steve Baker
arrives
with a truck loaded with our supplies at the World View Community
Church loading dock.
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Part of the collection of
costumues are unloaded and sorted.
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Lighting preparations took
most
of the afternoon.
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Plenty of room for
comforatable
audiance seating.
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Hundreds of pounds of lighing
equipment is lowered to the state floor to allow adjustments.
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Another early backstage setup
view.
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Artistic Director Joanne
Hughes
Morscher inspecting the condition of the costumes after their truck
ride.
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Behind the stage, a corridor
filled with props and tools.
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The pulleys and ropes that
control the varous lighing, backdrops and curtains.
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Our heavy Harliquin "floor"
ready to be unrolled.
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We even brourght a pair of
our
own "barre's" along for the practice before the show.
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A makeshift dressing area was
cleared of backstage clutter and curtained off.
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After sweeping the black
wooden
stage surface clean of grit, our Harliquin floor is unrolled.
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Steve Baker hauls in a very
heavy roll of "floor". At our home studio, this "floor" is
only the top layer of an elaborate sprung floor system.
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The "floor" is unrolled and
carefully positioned so as to avoid irregularities and to
preserve guide markings.
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The "floor" is taped down
using
Harliquin tape. Ordinary Duct tape does not work in this setting
as it gums up the floor when removed later.
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The "floor" is about ready
and
the backdrop and lighting is adjusted.
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Way back and up high behind
the
audience seating is the main sound and lighting booth. Here is a
part of that.
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Measurments for the placement
of
placement markers.
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View from the stage.
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The view from center stage.
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We are ready.
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"Port de Bra" dress rehearsal
on stage.
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"Diamonds" as scene from the
wings of
"stage left".
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Board member Steve Baker
pauses
after helping getting the sound system going.
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Mac and the girls. |
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Fast paced and less fast
paced action.
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"Port de Bra Study" waiting
their turn under the
lights.
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The Angels have earned their
wings.
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"Marzipan" wearing stage
makeup.
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Chinese Tea dancers adjusting
the chopsticks in their hair.
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More backstage adjustments
and giggles.
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Dancers are often paired
backstage so as to help each other quickly into new costumes and to
make everything look just right.
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Two angels.
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More angels.
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"Snow Scene" and "Angels"
sharing the stage.
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Angels rehearsing on stage.
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The pesky Snow Pom Poms which
need endless repair.
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Snow scene.
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Ahh! The Sugar Plum
Fairy finally arrived.
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Top secret documents for the
show revealed in this spy photo.
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Stage left.
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Happy Dancers!
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The Nutcracker Introduction
rehearsal. |
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More Nutcracker Intoduction. |
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Everyone from "Land of
Sweets" has arrived. |
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"Hot Chocolate from Spain." |
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"Coffee from Arabia" |
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"Coffee from Arabia." Great
Flexibility. |
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"Chinese Tea" |
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"Candy Canes" |
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"Marzipan" |
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Waiting for the Finale
rehearsal. |
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Mother Ginger & the
"Polichenilles" |
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"Mother Ginger & the
Polichenilles" |
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"Mother Ginger & the
Polichenilles" |
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Eager eyes watch from with
wings. |
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"Chinese Tea and Hot
Chocolate" posing backstage. |
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"Dewdrop and her Flowers" |
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Even dancers sneeze. |
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Mac and Nicole in the
Nutcracker Pas de Deux. |
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Beautiful position! |
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More Pas! |
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Excitement and silliness. |
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Candy Canes. |
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The Candy Canes with the ever
popular hula hoops. |
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Board member Arnie Morscher
pleased with the way things are going.
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Mother Ginger and her troupe!
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Very happy dancers on Stage
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Watching from Stage Right,
dancers and RYBC Stage Crew. |
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Watching the Candy Canes in
the Finale. |
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Getting ready to go "on
stage." |
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Nearing midnight,
holiday decorating preparations by the World View staff are still going
on in the lobby. |
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A final lobby picture before
going outside in the heavy rain. |
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