Cinderella 2016!
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BY COLLEEN MCTIERNAN | PHOTOS BY SINCERELY GONE PHOTOGRAPHY
When she was a child, Grace Parent used to walk around the house in her mom’s old pointe shoes. Then, when she got her first pair of her own, she was so happy that she wore them to sleep that night. “I could live in my pointe shoes,” said Parent. And as this year’s Cinderella for Danscompany of Gainesville’s annual production of “Cinderella,” Parent basically has for the past seven months. As soon as she learned that she was selected as Cinderella 2016 back in May, Parent began coming in to the studio every day to learn the part. Each Cinderella has to teach herself
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gigglemagazine.com | DEC/JAN 2017