Article December 22, 2008 Issue

FOR TEENS

The Sugar Plum Fairy and my Christmas Lesson

BY RACHEL HOLLAND RICHARDSON

Lesson

"The Sugar Plum Fairy is supposed to be kind and giving," my ballet teacher said to me.

Those words stung as I realized I wasn't exactly acting kind or giving. I was in a rehearsal for The Nutcracker ballet at my school, and my teacher was talking about staying in character on stage.

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