Platinum toes & high-arched soles                                                       point towards a disciplined dream.                         Pirouette after pirouette, 
dancing the pas de deux, 
is what their lives are lived for. 

But... 
they tear their muscles, 
practising day and night, 
tying and untying 
silky, smooth ribbons. 

Each day it starts again, 
reaching for a D-R-E-A-M                                                                       that is long-stretched 
because perfection defines 
the life of a Ballerina. 

They transform into fantasies 
before our very eyes. 
They are princesses: 
Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White…                their lives a fictional reality, 
that many aspire to.