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ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ:
𝓨ᴏᴜɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ 𝓑ᴇᴀᴜᴛɪꜰᴜʟ
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“What can a girl do?”
“Pose for pin-ups.”
“No, what can a girl do?”
“Kiss a fella?”
“No, Charlie – let me show you…”
“A… girl can dance, without romance, alone in her small room…”
“A girl can sing just to herself, on a quiet afternoon…”
“She can stand up, she can walk, make her dreams come true…”
“Every girl that wants to live free, yes my dears… even you.”
𝓔very dancer has a misstep. Aurora had hers one Summer afternoon when the charming feline
scout from California showed up⠀backstage after she danced the lead in Sleeping Beauty.⠀The
studios⠀wanted⠀something⠀different⠀– a ballet⠀dancer from⠀Europe was⠀that sparkle⠀they
wanted to splash up on the silver screen.⠀He went as far as he could with Aurora.⠀He brought
her flowers, and chocolates, and urged her to fly out to California and talk with the executives.
At⠀first she⠀said no,⠀of course –⠀dancing was⠀her dream. She was⠀famed up and down⠀the
continent, the⠀talk of the⠀newspaper arts sections and of the radio.⠀Everyone wanted⠀to see
Aurora dance in her elegant, guileless performances. The strength of her leaps, the deftness of
her pirouettes, but he assured her a thousand Aurora's would be dancing on a thousand silver
screens for a thousand audiences. She was convinced.
𝓒alifornia⠀was so big, and so busy.⠀Hollywood⠀seemed to bustle and⠀breathe in⠀ways Paris
didn’t. By the time she met with the executives, she could feel her heart pounding. The bunny
was in⠀a den of wolves, literally.⠀They chewed cigars and⠀looked her up and down for half a
minute before agreeing she⠀was to be the next Pawdrey Hepburn, the next Dita Brayworth. It
was⠀just days⠀before she⠀was⠀practicing⠀her new craft,⠀trying to⠀translate her⠀ability⠀to
submerge⠀herself in ballet roles to acting on camera.⠀The smoky, broad-chested⠀leads they
paired her with⠀made her young⠀heart flutter⠀– suddenly she was surrounded⠀by men, and
money, and more men.
𝓣he things a girl does⠀to make⠀men happy.⠀One more⠀scene, one more take,⠀until she was
tired, until she⠀nearly fainted in her down-stuffed bed in⠀her glamorous trailer⠀full of clothes
and makeup and flowers.⠀She had everything she ever wanted, and in just a few more movies,
she’d⠀finally get that⠀dance role she wanted,⠀that she was promised…⠀Her heart leapt when
she⠀thought of her grand⠀jetés and arabesques being recorded on film⠀and shared with the
world. She did pliés⠀alone in her trailer until it was late, and then she’d sleep and pine for the
old theater houses in Europe where she learned not just to dance, but to fly.
𝓜onth⠀after month,⠀for two⠀years,⠀Aurora followed⠀every⠀instruction,⠀every⠀note,⠀every
direction. She was magic on screen. A young girl, barely nineteen, with that voluminous peach
colored hair⠀and fur⠀the⠀color of blush.⠀Aurora⠀posed⠀for calendars,⠀pinup posters,⠀even
advertisements. Every time she wondered, when will I dance again?⠀And dancing never came.
For every lie told on screen,⠀a lie was told by her directors,⠀her agents,⠀the studio executives.
She was a tool, a golden goose.
𝓐t night,⠀she did the only⠀thing she could to keep herself⠀going in this crazy world.⠀Aurora
danced.⠀She danced alone,⠀at night, tired,⠀in her penthouse apartment:⠀a great gilded cage
looking⠀down on a sea of Hollywood stars.⠀She ignored the outside⠀world and all⠀the pains
that⠀waited for⠀her⠀down there⠀in the studio⠀backlots and the⠀sets and the locations.⠀She
tried her best to think of Paris, of her dance troop, of the kindness they all showed her.
𝓢omething in her heart knew she had to stand up, to dance... And make her own dreams come true.
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ᴀʀᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪʟᴠᴇʀ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴇɴ ᴇʀᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴɪᴄᴏʟᴏʀ ꜰɪʟᴍꜱ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴄᴜʀʟᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɪꜱ
ꜱᴏ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴢʏ. ᴍᴏꜱᴛʟʏ ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀᴜᴅʀᴇʏ ʜᴇᴘʙᴜʀɴ,⠀ᴀꜱ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴅᴀɴᴄᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴅ ʙᴀʟʟᴇᴛ.⠀ᴍᴀʀɪʟʏɴ ᴍᴏɴʀᴏᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇʙʙɪᴇ
ʀᴇʏɴᴏʟᴅꜱ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇʟʏ ʀᴀᴅɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴀᴜʀᴏʀᴀ'ꜱ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ! ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱʏ, ʙᴜᴛ ꜰʟɪʀᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴜɴ! ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ
ᴀʟʟ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴀᴜʀᴇʟɪɴᴀ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇ! ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴀɪꜱᴇ!
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